Population ecology of the mud crab Scylla olivacea: A study in the Ranong mangrove ecosystem, Thailand, with emphasis on juvenile recruitment and mortality

Fisheries Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-41

  Moser, Sean ^a,d   Macintosh, Donald ^a   Laoprasert, Somboon ^b   Tongdee, Nualanong ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Ratchakrud Muang Dist Ranong P ^*  (Thailand)

^c Danish/SE Asian TCE Project   (Thailand)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Mangrove forest; Mortality; Recruitment; Scylla olivacea

Indexed keywords

CRAB; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KRA BURI ESTUARY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA; SCYLLA OLIVACEA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 10344254888     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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