Distribution and abundance of horseshoe crabs Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda around the main island of Singapore

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-136

  Cartwright Taylor, Lesley ^a   von Bing, Yap ^a,b   Chi, Hsu Chia ^a   Tee, Lou Sieu ^a,b  

^a Nature Society of Singapore (NSS)   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abundance; Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda; Mangrove horseshoe crabs; Population density; Quadrats; Transects

Indexed keywords

CARCINOSCORPIUS ROTUNDICAUDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TACHYPLEUS GIGAS;

EID: 80052706045     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00346     Document Type: Article

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