Flexibility in timing of molting of fiddler crab megalopae: Evidence from in situ manipulation of cues

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 55-60

  O'Connor, Nancy J ^a   Judge, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Fiddler crab; Larvae; Molting; Uca pugnax

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL STIMULI; CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; FIDDLER CRAB; MEGALOPAE; MOULTING; SALT MARSHES;

DECAPODA; POACEAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UCA PUGNAX;

EID: 0030621045     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146055     Document Type: Article

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