Quantifying the density of mangrove crabs: Ocypodidae and Grapsidae

Marine Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 725-732

  Skov, M W ^a   Vannini, M ^b   Shunula, J P ^c   Hartnoll, R G ^a   Cannicci, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CRAB; MANGROVE; POPULATION DENSITY;

AFRICA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; HALOPHILA; OCYPODIDAE; SCYLLA; SESARMA; UCA; UCA ANNULIPES;

EID: 0036937682     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0867-9     Document Type: Article

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