Population ecology of the blue crab Callinectes danae (Crustacea: Portunidae) in a Brazilian tropical estuary

This paper aims at describing the population ecology of the swimming crab Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 in one of the most productive estuaries of Brazil, the Santa Cruz Channel. These crabs were monthly collected from January to December/2009 at four stations along the channel, two in the upper and...

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Main Authors: Marina S.L.C. Araújo, Aline V. Barreto, Aurinete O. Negromonte, Ralf Schwamborn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2012-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652012000100013