Population and reproductive biology of the fiddler crab Uca thayeri Rathbun, 1900 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) in a tropical mangrove from Northeast Brazil

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-258

  Arruda Bezerra, Luis Ernesto ^a   Matthews Cascon, Helena ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Handedness; Population biology; Reproductive biology; Sex ratio; Uca thayeri

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CRAB; FECUNDITY; HANDEDNESS; MANGROVE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; PACOTI RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA THAYERI;

EID: 34247540854     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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