Taxonomic composition, distribution and zoogeographic relationships of the grapsid and ocypodid crab fauna of intertidal soft bottoms in the Arabian Gulf

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. A, 1999, Pages 131-142

  Apel, M ^a   Turkay, M ^a  

^a Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Brachyura; Crustacea; Grapsidae; Intertidal flats; Mangroves; Ocypodidae; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

PERSIAN GULF;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0032876236     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(99)80018-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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