The influence of resident adults on larval settlement: experiments with four species of ascidians

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 199-220

  Osman, Richard W ^a   Whitlatch, Robert B ^b  

^a Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Benthic communities; Bryozoan; Larval settlement; Recruitment; Sessile invertebrate

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIAN; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RESIDENT ADULTS; SESSILE SPECIES;

ADULT; ASCIDIACEA; LARVA; MODEL; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES;

EID: 0028981961     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00036-Q     Document Type: Article

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