Feeding ecology of mangrove crabs in North Eastern Australia: mangrove litter consumption by Sesarma messa and Sesarma smithii

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

• Publication date

  1993-10-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/0022-0981(93)90002-6
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