Implications of habitat-specific growth and physiological condition on juvenile crab population structure

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 726-734

  Amaral, Valter ^a,b   Cabral, Henrique N ^a   Paula, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estuarine; Habitat quality; NanoDrop; Nucleic acids; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CRAB; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL;

BEJA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 50249149410     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08006     Document Type: Article

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