Comparing quality of estuarine and nearshore intertidal habitats for Carcinus maenas

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-226

  Amaral, Valter ^a,b   Cabral, Henrique N ^a   Jenkins, Stuart ^b   Hawkins, Stephen ^b   Paula, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

density; green crab; nucleic acid; physiological condition; population structure; SW England; SW Portugal

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROCKY SHORE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRACHYURA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PACHYGRAPSUS; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 67349247032     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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