Investigation of crustaceans from shelf areas in the Gulf of Guinea, with special emphasis on Brachyura

• Main Author: Henriksen, Cathrine Stabel
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2009
• Subjects: 759906; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; Fridtjof; Van Veen; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/3215

Crustacean abundance on continental shelves off Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon in the Gulf of Guinea was investigated in this study. Quantitative data was sampled with a 0.1 m² Van Veen grab during a survey with RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen in 2005. The Brachyuran fauna was identified based on the grab sampl...