| Code: | PRJP0000005 |
| Title: | Biology and Sustainable Use of mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae) at lguape, SP, Brazil |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) - Campus de Jaboticabal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) |
| Address: | Departament de Biologia Aplicada, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/no. - CEO 14870-000 - Jaboticabal (SP) - Brazil. |
| Coordinator: | Pinheiro, Marcelo Antonio Amaro, Ph.D. |
| Address: | Biólogo Marinho (CRB 10.256/01-D), Depto. de Biologia Aplicade - FCAV - UNESP Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/no. |
| CEP 14870-000 - Jaboticabal (SP) - Brazil. |
| Tel. +55 (16) 3209-2620/2621/2622/2623, Fax. +55 (16) 3202-4275, http://www.fcav.unesp.br/DEPARTAB/BIOLOGIA/Marcelo.htm |
| E-mail. pinheiro@fcav.unesp.br |
| Date-commence: | 1 October 2001 |
| Duration: | 2 years |
| Locations: | Iguape (SP), Brazil |
| Sponsors: | Fundacão de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) |
| Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnlógico (CNPq) |
| Collabs: | Núcleo de Estudos em Biologia, Ecologia e Cultivo de Crustáceos (NEBECC) |
| Objectives: | Studies about biology, ecology and management of brachyuran crabs with economic importance, mainly in relation with Ucides cordatus, Cardisoma guanhumi and Callinectes spp. distributed in mangrove areas. |
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Biology
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Ecological processes
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Embryology
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Growth rates
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Fauna
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Crustaceans
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Growth rates
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Reproduction
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Management
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Conservation
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Sustainable management
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Sustainable use
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Fishery
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Capture fishery
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Geography
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Country
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Brazil
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Regions
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Western Atlantic
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