Effects of environmental cues on metamorphosis of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 165-177

  Forward Jr , Richard B ^a   DeVries, Mona C ^a   Rittschof, Dan ^a   Frankel, David A Z ^a   Bischoff, Jennifer P ^a   Fisher, Carlie M ^a   Welch, James M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Chemical cues; Megalopae; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

BLUE CRAB; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL CUES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; METAMORPHOSIS; PLANT CHEMICAL;

EID: 0029750054     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131165     Document Type: Article

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