Defining the characteristics of burrows to better estimate abundance of the grapsid crab, Helograpsus haswellianus (Decapoda, Grapsidae), on east Australian saltmarsh

Crustaceana

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 499-507

  Breitfuss, M J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BURROW; CRAB; SALTMARSH;

AUSTRALIA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; HELOGRAPSUS HASWELLIANUS;

EID: 0041346510     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854003322033889     Document Type: Article

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