The distribution and biology of the swimming crab Charybdis Smithii McLeay, 1838 (Crustacea; Brachyura; Portunidae) in the NW Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 1251-1280

  Van Couwelaar, Matthijs ^a   Angel, Martin V ^b   Madin, Laurence P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BIOMASS; CRAB LARVA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE LARVA; SWIMMING CRAB;

INDIAN OCEAN, (NORTHWEST);

CHARYBDIS SMITHII; DECAPODA;

EID: 0031426145     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00017-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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