Genetic variation in the mud crab Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) (Crustacea: Portunidae) in South African estuaries

African Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-350

  Davis, J A ^a   van Blerk, L L ^a   Kirby, R ^a   Hecht, T ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Estuary; Mud crab; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRAB; ESTUARY; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE; SCYLLA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0348172229     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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