The importance of larval choice and hydrodynamics in creating aggregations of Hydroides elegans (Polychaeta: Serpulidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-114

  Walters, Linda J ^a,b   Hadfield, Michael G ^a   Del Carmen, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active choice; Fouling organism; Larvae; Passive deposition; Settlement

Indexed keywords

HYDROIDES ELEGANS; POLYCHAETA; SERPULIDAE;

EID: 0031530818     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226974     Document Type: Article

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