Planktivory as a selective force for reproductive synchrony and larval migration

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 1997, Pages 79-95

  Hovel, Kevin A ^a,b   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab larvae; Dispersal; Hatching; Killifish; Marshes; Migration; Predation; Silversides

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARSH CRAB; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH; PLANKTON FEEDERS; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CYCLE;

FLAX POND; NEW YORK; USA;

CELUCA PUGILATOR; CRUSTACEA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DYSPANOPEUS SAYI; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; FUNDULUS MAJALIS; GRAPSIDAE; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MENIDIA MENIDIA; PISCES; SESARMA RETICULATUM; UCA PUGILATOR; UCA PUGNAX;

EID: 0030831595     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps157079     Document Type: Article

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