Distribution of juvenile Uca pugnax and U. pugilator across habitats in a South Carolina estuary, assessed by molecular techniques

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 288, Issue , 2005, Pages 211-220

  Behum, Matthew E ^a   Brodie, Renae J ^a   Staton, Joseph L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

Author keywords

Postlarval settlement; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; RFLP; U. pugilator; Uca pugnax

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH INLET; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UCA PUGNAX;

EID: 17644368987     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps288211     Document Type: Article

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