Population density and activity pattern of the ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, in Veracruz, Mexico

Crustaceana

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-325

  Valero Pacheco, Elizabeth ^a   Alvarez, Fernando ^b   Abarca Arenas, Luis G ^a   Escobar, Mateo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BURROW; CRAB; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MONTEPIO; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE QUADRATA; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 34547513526     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854007780162479     Document Type: Article

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