Delayed metamorphosis in Florida hermit crabs: Multiple cues and constraints (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae and Diogenidae)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Harvey, Alan W ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gregariousness; Hermit crabs; Metamorphosis; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE; GARCIA; PAGURIDAE; PAGURISTES TORTUGAE; PAGURUS MACLAUGHLINAE; DECAPODA;

CONSTRAINTS; CUES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METAMORPHOSIS; SHELL AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0029664179     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps141027     Document Type: Article

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