Survival rate and age estimation of the fiddler crab, Uca lactea (De Haan, 1835) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 993-1014

  Yamaguchi, Takao ^a  

^a Aitsu Marine Biological Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRAB; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA LACTEA;

EID: 0036767974     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685400260569634     Document Type: Article

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