Microdistribution of juveniles and adults of the mud crab Panopeus americanus (Brachyura, Panopeidae) in a remnant mangrove area in the southwest Atlantic

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 1581-1589

  Vergamini, Fernanda G ^a   Mantelatto, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Density; Developmental groups; Intertidal; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; CRAB; HOMOGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; POPULATION DENSITY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PANOPEIDAE; PANOPEUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 47049117911     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802109157     Document Type: Article

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