Population structure and breeding season of the South Atlantic hermit crab, Loxopagurus loxochelis (Anomura, Diogenidae) from the Ubatuba region, Brazil

Crustaceana

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 791-802

  Martinelli, Jussara M ^a   Mantelatto, Fernando L M ^a   Fransozo, Adilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CRAB; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036623347     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854002760289764     Document Type: Article

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