Plasticity in reproductive timing by crabs in adjacent tidal regimes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 105-118

  Morgan, Steven G ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Crabs; Diel; Hatching; Larvae; Lunar; Predation; Rhythms; Tides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS; CRAB; LUNAR CYCLES; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; TIDAL REGIME; TIDAL REGIMES;

USA, GULF COAST;

DECAPODA;

EID: 0029662828     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps139105     Document Type: Article

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