Small-scale non-linear geostatistical analysis of Liocarcinus depurator (Crustacea: Brachyura) abundance and size structure in a western Mediterranean population

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 223-235

  Rufino, Marta M ^a,b   Maynou, Francesc ^a   Abelló, Pere ^a   Yule, Andrew B ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Granulometry; Kriging; Liocarcinus depurator; Mantel test; Portunidae; Sediment variables; Spatial distribution; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; KRIGING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIOCARCINUS DEPURATOR; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 4444309818     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps276223     Document Type: Article

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