Comparative suitability of binocular observation, burrow counting and excavation for the quantification of the mangrove fiddler crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 449, Issue , 2001, Pages 201-212

  Skov, M W ^a   Hartnoll, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census techniques; East Africa; Mangrove; Uca

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; EXCAVATION; OCEAN HABITATS; TIDES;

QUANTIFICATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BURROW; CRAB; EXCAVATION; MANGROVE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; OCYPODIDAE; SCYLLA; UCA; UCA ANNULIPES; UCA THAYERI;

EID: 0035870209     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017598616178     Document Type: Article

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