Artificial shelters (casitas) as habitats for juvenile spiny lobsters Panulirus argus in the Mexican Caribbean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 217-224

  Arce, Ana Minerva ^a   Aguilar Dávila, William ^a   Sosa Cordero, Eloy ^a   Caddy, John F ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial shelters; Mexican Caribbean; Panulirus argus; Spiny lobsters

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHELTERS; SPINY LOBSTER;

CAYOS-CONTOY; MEXICO; QUINTANA ROO STATE;

ALGAE; DECAPDOA; LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS ARGUS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS; SPINY;

EID: 1842414292     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps158217     Document Type: Article

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