Natural recovery of Amazonian mangrove forest as revealed by brachyuran crab fauna: Preliminary description

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-79

  Amouroux, J M ^a   Tavares, M ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Benthic fauna; Bioturbation; Coastal dynamic; Crustacea; Mangrove forest recovery

Indexed keywords

MANGROVE; RECOVERY;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRACHYURAN; CRUSTACEA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 23644447035     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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