Growth and mortality of the exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) in N-Brazil

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 171-180

  Diele, Karen ^a   Koch, Volker ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; Growth increment; Land crabs; Mark recapture; Population; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRAB; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH RATE; MANGROVE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

BRAZIL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; SCYLLA; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 77957915471     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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