Effects of freshwater discharge in sandy beach populations: The mole crab Emerita brasiliensis in Uruguay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-468

  Lercari, D ^a   Defeo, O ^a,b  

^a Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Emerita; Human impact; Mole crab; Salinity; Sandy beach; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER INPUT; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

URUGUAY;

ALBUNEA PARETII; ALBUNEIDAE; ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMERITA; EMERITA BRASILIENSIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032758125     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0521     Document Type: Article

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