Population ecology of fiddler crab, Uca lactea annulipes (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) in Sirik mangrove estuary, Iran

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-281

  Mokhtari, Mohammad ^a   Savari, Ahmad ^a   Rezai, Hamid ^a   Kochanian, Preeta ^a   Bitaab, Amir ^a  

^a KHORRAMSHAHR UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

growth; Iran; mortality; production; recruitment; sex ratio; Sirik mangrove forest; Uca lactea annulipes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CRAB; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

ASIA; EURASIA; HORMOZGAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SIRIK;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; UCA ANNULIPES;

EID: 36849090982     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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