Population biology and distribution of the portunid crab Callinectes ornatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in an estuary-bay complex of southern Brazil

Trawl fisheries are associated with catches of swimming crabs, which are an important economic resource for commercial as well for small-scale fisheries. This study evaluated the population biology and distribution of the swimming crab Callinectes ornatus (Ordway, 1863) in the Estuary-Bay of São Vic...

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Main Authors: Timoteo T. Watanabe, Bruno S. Sant'Anna, Gustavo Y. Hattori, Fernando J. Zara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2014-08-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702014000400004&lng=en&tlng=en