Spatio-temporal variations in the diversity and abundance of commercially important Decapoda and Stomatopoda in subtropical Hong Kong waters

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 635-647

  Lui, Karen K Y ^a   Ng, Jasmine S S ^a   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

benthic fauna; Crustacea; demersal resources; fisheries; macroinvertebrate; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGRAPHY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); METAPENAEOPSIS; ORATOSQUILLINA INTERRUPTA; PENAEIDAE; STOMATOPODA;

EID: 34147098485     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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