Mud crab ecology encourages site-specific approaches to fishery management

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Dumas, P ^a   Leopold M ^a   Frotte L ^b   Peignon, C ^c  

^a IRD UR 227 CoReUs Fisheries Department of Vanuatu   (Vanuatu)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Fishery management; Mangrove; Mud crab; Population dynamics; Scylla serrata

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; VEGETATION COVER;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 80053903800     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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