Diversity, endemism and conservation of the freshwater crabs of China (Brachyura: Potamidae and Gecarcinucidae)

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-55

  Cumberlidge, Neil ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^b   Yeo, Darren C J ^b   Naruse, Tohru ^c   Meyer, Kirstin S ^a   Esser, Lara J ^d  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Conservation; Distribution; Endemism; Potamoidea

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYURA; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYURA; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESH WATER;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINUCIDAE; POTAMIDA; POTAMIDAE; POTAMOIDEA;

EID: 79959786856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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