Endogenous tidal rhythms of vertical migration in field collected zoea- 1 larvae of the shore crab Carcinus maenas: Implications for ebb tide offshore dispersal

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 71-82

  Zeng, Chaoshu ^a   Naylor, Ernest ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance of stranding; Carcinus maenas; Dispersal; Endogenous; Surface abundance; Tidal vertical migration; Timing; Zoea 1

Indexed keywords

CARCINUS MAENAS;

CRAB LARVAE; DISPERSION; ENDOGENOUS TIDAL RHYTHMS; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

EID: 0029667176     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132071     Document Type: Article

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