Fecundity and brood loss in four species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca (Brachyura: Ocypodidae), in the mangroves of Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-378

  Torres, Paulo ^a   Penha Lopes, Gil ^a   Narciso, Luís ^a   MacIa, Adriano ^b   Paula, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Brood loss; Fecundity; Fiddler crabs; Mangroves; Mozambique; Uca

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; MANGROVE;

AFRICA; INHACA ISLAND; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; UCA; UCA ANNULIPES; UCA CHLOROPHTHALMUS; UCA INVERSA;

EID: 69749124582     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002701     Document Type: Article

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