Stratified settlement and moulting competency of brachyuran megalopae in Ponta Rasa mangrove swamp, Inhaca Island (Mozambique)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 325-337

  Paula, J ^a   Dornelas, M ^a   Flores, A A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brachyuran crabs; Inhaca Island; Mangrove; Megalopae; Moulting competency; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CRAB; MANGROVE; MOLT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

INHACA ISLAND; MOZAMBIQUE;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; BRUGUIERA; BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; CERIOPS; CERIOPS TAGAL; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ILYOGRAPSUS PALUDICOLA; NEOSARMATIUM MEINERTI; PALUDICOLA; PERISESARMA; PERISESARMA GUTTATUM; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA;

EID: 0037305306     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00165-8     Document Type: Article

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