Effect of human disturbance on the abundance and spatial distribution of the Atlantic Ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) (Fabricius 1798) on a Texas Beach

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-60

  Maccarone, Alan D ^a   Mathews, Patrick L ^a  

^a Friends University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE QUADRATA;

EID: 38349008979     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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