An ethnoecological approach to the fishing of crabs, Ucides cordatus, Linnaeus, 1763, (Decapoda: Brachyura), in the Acupe District (Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil) mangrove

The crab Ucides cordatus ("Caranguejo-uçá") is one of the most typical inhabitants of mangrove ecosystems in Brazil and it has great socialeconomic importance along the Brazilian northeastern coast. It is an abundant resource that is well accepted commercially, representing a source of emp...

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Main Author: Francisco José Bezerra Souto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2007-03-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume201/p69a80.pdf