Endogenous control of timing of metamorphosis in megalopae of the shore crab Carcinus maenas

Marine Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-305

  Zeng, C ^a,b   Naylor, E ^a   Abello, P ^a,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MEGALOPS; METAMORPHOSIS;

EID: 0030609596     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050095     Document Type: Article

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