Vertical migration of the crab Carcinus maenas first zoea in an estuary: Implications for tidal stream transport

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 121-132

  Queiroga, Henrique ^a   Costlow, John D ^b   Moreira, Maria Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Estuaries; Larval stages; Portugal; Tidal stream transport; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA;

CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARY; GREEN CRAB; LARVAL TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CURRENTS; VERTICAL MIGRATION; VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; ZOEAE;

PORTUGAL, RIA DE AVEIRO;

EID: 0030619213     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149121     Document Type: Article

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