Population biology and growth of three sympatric species of intertidal hermit crabs in south-eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1061-1069

  Turra, Alexander ^a,b   Leite, Fosca P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Programa de Pos Graduacao em Ecologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SYMPATRY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034474475     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540000312X     Document Type: Article

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