Population biology and reproduction of the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Decapoda: Anomura) in an estuarine region of southern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-767

  Sant'anna, Bruno Sampaio ^a,b   Reigada, Álvaro Luiz Diogo ^a   Pinheiro, Marcelo Antonio Amaro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Campus de Rio ClaroInstituto de BiocinciasPrograma de Ps Graduao em Zoologia ^*

Author keywords

Clibanarius vittatus; Hermit crab; Population biology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO VICENTE ESTUARY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANOMURA; CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 69749117513     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409003075     Document Type: Article

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