Feeding habits of non-ocypodid crabs from two mangrove forests in Kenya

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Dahdouh Guebas, F ^a   Giuggioli, M ^b   Oluoch, A ^c,d   Vannini, M ^b,e   Cannicci, S ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MANGROVE; STOMACH CONTENT;

KENYA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYCARCINUS; EURYCARCINUS NATALENSIS; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; SELATIUM; SELATIUM ELONGATUM; SESARMA; SESARMA LEPTOSOMA; SESARMA ORTMANNI;

EID: 0033303996     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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