The relative importance of substratum characteristics and recruitment in determining the spatial distribution of the fiddler crab Uca uruguayensis Nobili

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-111

  Ribeiro, Pablo D ^a   Iribarne, Oscar O ^a   Daleo, Pedro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Distribution patterns; Environmental heterogeneity; Physical effects; Uca uruguayensis

Indexed keywords

CRAB; MUDFLAT; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA URUGUAYENSIS;

EID: 11844249965     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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