Fishery characteristics and abundance estimates of the mangrove crab Scylla serrata in southern Tanzania and northern Moçambique

South African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn , Issue 24, 2002, Pages 19-25

  Barnes, D K A ^a   Dulvy, N K ^a   Priestley, S H ^a   Darwall, W R T ^a   Choisels, V ^a   Whittington, M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fisheries; Mo ambique; Mud crabs; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB FISHERY; MANGROVE;

(NORTH); (SOUTH); MOZAMBIQUE; TANZANIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0036366005     PISSN: 02577615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/025776102784528312     Document Type: Article

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