Factors influencing refuge occupation by stone crab Menippe adina juveniles in Mississippi Sound

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 652-665

  Shervette, Virginia R ^a,b   Perry, Harriet M ^c   Rakocinski, Chef F ^c   Biesiot, Patricia M ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADINA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYPANOPEUS; EURYPANOPEUS DEPRESSUS; MENIPPE; MENIPPE ADINA; OPSANUS BETA; OPSANUS TAU; OSTREIDAE; PANOPEUS; PANOPEUS SIMPSONI;

EID: 9944264595     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2453     Document Type: Article

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