Population biology of <i>Callinectes ornatus</i> Ordway, 1863 (Decapoda, Portunidae) from Ubatuba (SP), Brazil
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientia Marina
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1886-8134,0214-8358
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.1999.63n2157