Effects of chemical cues on settlement behavior of blue crab Callinectes sapidus postlarvae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 1997, Pages 143-153

  Welch, James M ^a   Rittschof, Dan ^a   Bullock, Traci M ^a   Forward Jr , Richard B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Chemical cues; Chemotaxis; Eelgrass; Megalopae; Post larvae; Predators; Settlement site selection

Indexed keywords

BLUE CRAB; CHEMICAL CUE; HABITAT SELECTION; MEGALOPA; MEGALOPS; SETTLEMENT;

BIVALVIA; CALINECTES; CALINECTES SAPIDUS; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CELUCA PUGILATOR; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; CYMODOCEACEAE; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; HALODULE WRIGHTII; MEGALOPS; OSTREIDAE; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PALAEOMONETES; PALAEOMONETES PUGIO; PANOPEUS HERBSTII; PENAEUS; PENAEUS AZTECUS; POACEAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UCA PUGILATOR; UCA PUGNAX; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 0030838122     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps154143     Document Type: Article

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