Distribution and population structure of the crab Halicarcinus planatus (Brachyura, Hymenosomatidae) in the Beagle channel, Tierra del Fuego;Distribución y estructura poblacional del cangrejo Halicarcinus planatus (Brachyura, Hymenosomatidae) en el Canal Beagle, Tierra del Fuego

Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-155

  Diez, Mariano J ^a   Florentín, Olga ^a   Lovrich, Gustavo A ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Recruitment; Sex ratio; Sexual maturity; Sub antarctica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CRAB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MATING SUCCESS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BEAGLE CHANNEL;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYMENOSOMATIDAE; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 80051566064     PISSN: 07173326     EISSN: 07181957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-19572011000200005     Document Type: Article

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