Comparative population dynamics of four fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae, genus Uca) from a North Brazilian mangrove ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 291, Issue , 2005, Pages 177-188

  Koch, Volker ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^b   Diele, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fiddler crabs; Growth; Mangrove epibenthos; Mortality; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Sympatry; Uca spp.; Zonation

Indexed keywords

CRAB; GROWTH; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

BRAZIL; CAETE ESTUARY; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA CUMULANTA; UCA MARACOANI; UCA RAPAX; UCA VOCATOR;

EID: 19944379821     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps291177     Document Type: Article

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