The ghost crab Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) as a potential indicator of anthropic impact along the Rio Grande do Sul coast, Brazil

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-435

  Neves, Frederico Monteiro ^a   Bemvenuti, Carlos Emílio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropic impact; Environmental impact; Management and conservation; Ocypode quadrata; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; BURROW; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SHORELINE CHANGE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; HARMONIA; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAMANDAI;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE QUADRATA; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 33751104498     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.041     Document Type: Article

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