Role of mangrove habitat as a nursery for juvenile spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, in Belize

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 721-727

  Acosta, Charles A ^b   Butler IV, Mark J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Belize)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LOBSTER; MANGROVE;

BELSIZE;

DECAPODA; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 0031395069     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF96105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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