Seasonal occurrence of juvenile prawn and environmental factors in a Rhizophora mangal, southeast coast of India

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 394, Issue , 1999, Pages 193-200

  Rajendran, N ^a   Kathiresan, K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Juvenile; Mangrove; Penaeid prawns; Rhizophora; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

INDIA;

DECAPODA; METAPENAEUS BREVICORNIS; METAPENAEUS MONOCEROS; RHIZOPHORA MANGAL;

EID: 0032794777     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003669826138     Document Type: Article

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