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   Distribution patterns of the ghost crab Ocypode cursor on sandy beaches of a tropical island in the Cabo Verde archipelago, Eastern Central Atlantic

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: E Rodrigues --- Departamento de Engenharias e Ciências do Mar, R Freitas --- Departamento de Engenharias e Ciências do Mar, N de C Delgado --- Direcção Geral dos Recursos Marinhos, A Soares-Gomes --- Sediment Ecology Laboratory, Marine Biology Department, Brazil

   The spatial distribution of the ghost crab Ocypode cursor was determined for beaches on eastern Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago. The main objectives were to analyse the across-shore distribution by means of burrow counts and to identify preferential zones...

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   Intertidal mangrove boundary zones as nursery grounds for the mud crab Scylla serrata

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: DO Mirera --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya

   The demand for mud crab Scylla serrata (Forsskål 1775) in the global market has increased, hence there is growing momentum to farm the species in Africa. Aquaculture production in Kenya and elsewhere in East Africa currently relies on juvenile seeds...

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   Observations on the breeding biology of D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Henrik Brumm --- Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany Poyo Makomba --- , Tanzania Wolfgang Goymann --- , Tanzania

   Breeding behaviour is a key process for avian fitness and evolution, but the basic natural histories of many species are unknown. We studied the breeding biology of D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii (family Lybiidae) on the Usangu Plains in southwestern Tanzania...

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