Biology of Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura, Grapsidae) in the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-273

  Freire, A S ^a   Pinheiro, M A A ^b   Karam Silva, H ^a   Teschima, M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equatorial Atlantic Ocean; Grapsus grapsus; Mutilation; Reproductive biology; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; CRAB; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL ROCKS;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; GRAPSUS GRAPSUS;

EID: 80051712496     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-010-0220-5     Document Type: Article

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