Response of mud crab (Panopeus herbstii) megalopae to cues from adult habitat

Marine Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 655-661

  Weber, J C ^a   Epifanio, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANOPEUS HERBSTII; DECAPODA; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

BIOFILM; BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL STIMULI; CRAB LARVA; CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; HABITAT SELECTION; MEGALOPAE; METAMORPHOSIS; MUD CRAB; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 0030301331     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00351332     Document Type: Article

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