Spatial, temporal and tidal variation in crab populations in the Forth Estuary, Scotland

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-183

  Mathieson, S ^a   Berry, A J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEUS; CANCER PAGURUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYAS ARANEUS; LIOCARCINUS; LIOCARCINUS DEPURATOR; PAGURUS; POLYBIUS HOLSATUS; DECAPODA; LIOCARCINUS HOLSATUS;

ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; ESTUARINE ORGANISMS; ESTUARY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UK, SCOTLAND, FORTH ESTUARY;

EID: 0030621155     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400033853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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