Do penaeid shrimps have a preference for mangrove habitats? Distribution pattern analysis on Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 427-436

  Ronnback P ^a   Macia, A ^b   Almqvist, G ^a   Schultz, L ^a   Troell, M ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Intertidal microhabitat preference; Mangrove; Mozambique; Penaeid; Shrimps; Stake nets

Indexed keywords

MANGROVE; SHRIMP FISHERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INHACA ISLAND; MOZAMBIQUE;

AVICENNIA MARINA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; METAPENAEUS; METAPENAEUS MONOCEROS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS; PENAEUS INDICUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0036709580     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0916     Document Type: Article

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