Spatial distribution and substratum preference of the brachyuran crab, macrophthalmus depressus (Decapoda, Ocypodidae) along the lower estuarine mudflat of Mahi River, Gujarat, India

Crustaceana

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1055-1067

  Pandya, Pranav J ^a   Vachhrajani, Kauresh D ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CRAB; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; MUDFLAT; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SHORELINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TRANSECT;

GUJARAT; INDIA; MAHI RIVER;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROPHTHALMUS DEPRESSUS; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 77957779163     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/001121610X521235     Document Type: Article

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