The potential of ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) as a bioindicator of human disturbance on Singapore Beaches

Crustaceana

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1579-1597

  Yong, Adeline Y P ^a   Lim, Shirley S L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; BURROW; CRAB; DIAMETER; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EAST COAST PARK; EURASIA; PULAU HANTU; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 71049133107     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/001121609X12530988607470     Document Type: Article

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