Larval life history strategies of sub-tropical southern African estuarine brachyuran crabs and implications for tidal inlet management

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-256

  Papadopoulos, Isabelle ^a   Wooldridge, Tris H ^a   Newman, Brent K ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crab larvae; Estuary; Management; Recruitment; South Africa; Tidal exchange

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; TIDAL INLET;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0036622863     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020183931789     Document Type: Article

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