Aspects in spawning biology and migration of the mud crab Scylla olivacea in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-397

  Koolkalya, S ^a   Thapanand, T ^a   Tunkijjanujij, S ^a   Havanont, V ^b   Jutagate, T ^c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Fisheries ^*  (Thailand)

^c UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Migration; Mud crab; Scylla olivacea; Spawning

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FECUNDITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION; MONSOON; SPAWNING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANDAMAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA OLIVACEA;

EID: 33751013773     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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