Bathymetric distribution of brachyuran crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) communities on coastal soft bottoms off southeastern Brazil

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 279, Issue , 2004, Pages 193-200

  Bertini, Giovana ^a   Fransozo, Adilson ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Crustacea; Distribution patterns; Species composition; Sublittoral communities

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRAB; DIVERSITY INDEX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; UBATUBA;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE; PORTUNUS; PORTUNUS SPINICARPUS;

EID: 7044247699     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps279193     Document Type: Article

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