Estimated growth of the mud crab Scylla olivacea in the Ranong mangrove ecosystem, Thailand, based on a tagging and recapture study

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1083-1089

  Moser, S M ^a   Macintosh, D J ^a   Pripanapong, S ^b   Tongdee, N ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Fisheries ^*  (Thailand)

^c Netwk Aquacult Centres Asia P   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; GROWTH; MANGROVE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TAGGING;

THAILAND;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE; SCYLLA; SCYLLA OLIVACEA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0036993580     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01048     Document Type: Article

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