Comparison of the population structure of the fiddler crab Uca vocator (Herbst, 1804) from three subtropical mangrove forests

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-146

  Colpo, Karine Delevati ^a   Negreiros Fransozo, Maria Lucia ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mangrove crab; Ocypodidae; Population structure; Uca vocator

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; MANGROVE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; SEX RATIO;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCYLLA; UCA; UCA VOCATOR;

EID: 2542559017     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n1139     Document Type: Article

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