Estimating abundance and spatial distribution patterns of the bubble crab Dotilla fenestrata (Crustacea: Brachyura)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-23

  Flores, Augusto A V ^a   Abrantes, Katya G ^b   Paula, José ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Burrow counting; Density estimation; Distribution patterns; Dotilla; Intertidal zonation; Sand flats; Stratified random sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CRAB; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; INHACA ISLAND; MAPUTO; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DOTILLA; DOTILLA FENESTRATA; FENESTRIDA;

EID: 14644434469     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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