Population dynamics, reproduction and growth of Upogebia pusilla (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) in the Evros Delta (North Aegean Sea)

Crustaceana

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 799-812

  Kevrekidis, T ^a   Gouvis, N ^b   Koukouras, A ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EVROS DELTA; GREECE;

DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THALASSINIDEA; UPOGEBIA PUSILLA;

EID: 0030722883     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854097X00249     Document Type: Article

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