Larval swimming and postlarval drifting behavior in the infaunal bivalve Sinonovacula constricta

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 71-81

  Wang, Wen Xiong ^a,b   Xu, Zhen Zu ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Infaunal bivalve; Larval swimming; Postlarval drifting; Sinonovacula constricta

Indexed keywords

SINONOVACULA CONSTRICTA; BIVALVIA;

BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; DRIFTING BEHAVIOUR; INVERTEBRATE LARVAE; MEROPLANKTON; SWIMMING; VERTICAL POSITION;

EID: 0030738126     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps148071     Document Type: Article

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