Morphology and impacts of the burrows of the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards (Decapoda, Grapsoidea), in South San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A.

Crustaceana

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 787-807

  Rudnick, Deborah A ^a,b   Chan, Valerie ^a,c   Resh, Vincent H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Integral Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BANK EROSION; BIOEROSION; BURROW; BURROWING; CRAB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM; TRANSECT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; GRAPSOIDEA;

EID: 34547652639     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854005774445500     Document Type: Article

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