Brachyuran crab diversity in natural (Pitchavaram) and artificially developed mangroves (Vellar estuary)

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1316-1324

  Ajmal Khan, S ^a   Raffi, S M ^a   Lyla, P S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 27644432618     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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