Influence of potential habitat cues on duration of the megalopal stage of the fiddler crab Uca pugnax

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 700-709

  O'Connor, Nancy J ^a   Gregg, Amanda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFIORA; UCA MINAX; UCA PUGNAX;

EID: 0031772054     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549146     Document Type: Article

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