Ghost crabs as a tool for rapid assessment of human impacts on exposed sandy beaches

Biological Conservation

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 399-404

  Barros, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dunes; Human impact; Ocypode; Rapid assessment; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOMONITORING; BURROW; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 0035147437     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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