Responses of compound ascidian larvae to haloclines

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 179-190

  Vázquez, Elsa ^a,b   Young, Craig M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Distribution; Halocline; Larval behavior; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES; DISTRIBUTION; HALOCLINES; SWIMMING;

ECTEINASCIDIA TURBINATA; EUDISTOMA HEPATICUM; EUDISTOMA OLIVACEUM; POLYANDROCARPA ZORRITENSIS;

EID: 0029667168     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps133179     Document Type: Article

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