Population dynamics and secondary production of Emerita brasiliensis (Crustacea: Hippidae) at Prainha Beach, Brazil

Marine Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-245

  Petracco, Marcelo ^a,b   Veloso, Valeria Gomes ^a   Cardoso, Ricardo Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Emerita brasiliensis; P B; Population dynamics; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

CRAB; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

BRAZIL; PRAINHA; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALBUNEIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMERITA; EMERITA BRASILIENSIS; HIPPIDAE;

EID: 0345766909     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0173-9565.2003.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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