Estimating density of intertidal ghost shrimps using counts of burrow openings. Is the method reliable?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 303-314

  Butler, Sarah ^a   Bird, Fiona L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ghost shrimp; Hole counts; Monitoring; Mudflats; Rapid assessment tool

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GHOST SHRIMP; HOLE COUNTS; MUDFLATS; RAPID ASSESSMENT TOOLS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISM; CRUSTACEAN; MUDFLAT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BIFFARIUS ARENOSUS; CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THALASSINIDEA; TRYPAEA AUSTRALIENSIS;

EID: 34547101196     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0747-x     Document Type: Article

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