The effect of starvation on acquisition of competence and post- metamorphic performance in the marine prosobranch gastropod Crepidula fornicata (L.)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-152

  Pechenik, Jan A ^a   Hammer, Kimberly ^a   Weise, Christopher ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Crepidula; Dispersal; Gastropod; Larvae; Metamorphosis; Sta rvation

Indexed keywords

CREPIDULA FORNICATA; DIPLOMONADIDA GROUP; GASTROPODA; PROSOBRANCHIA;

COMPETENCE; GASTROPOD LARVA; GROWTH; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLLUSCAN LARVAE; STARVATION; STARVATION EFFECTS;

COMPETENCE; DIFFERENTIATION; GASTROPOD; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; SPECIES; STARVATION;

EID: 0030176970     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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