Reproductive aspects of a tropical population of the fiddler crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) at Costa do Sol Mangrove, Maputo Bay, southern Mozambique

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 525, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 167-173

  Litulo, Carlos ^a  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

East Africa; fiddler crabs; mangrove forests; Mozambique; reproduction; Uca annulipes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASONS; FIDDLER CRABS; UCA ANNULIPES;

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; RAIN; SAMPLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BREEDING SEASON; CRAB; MANGROVE; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; FORESTS; MANGROVE; RAIN; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAPUTO; MAPUTO BAY; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA ANNULIPES;

EID: 6944228287     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000038864.38435.6a     Document Type: Article

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