Salinity tolerance of the larvae and first juveniles of a semiterrestrial grapsid crab, Armases miersii (Rathbun)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-223

  Anger, Klaus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Crab larvae; Salinity tolerance; Semiterrestrial; Tropical brachyura

Indexed keywords

ARMASES MIERSII; DECAPODA;

CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; JUVENILES; ROCK POOL; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

EID: 0030601371     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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