Effects of substratum and conspecific adults on the metamorphosis of Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana) (Decapoda: Grapsidae) megalopae

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-198

  Gebauer, P ^a   Walter, I ^a   Anger, K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chasmagnathus granulata; Crab; Megalopa; Metamorphosis; Settlement; Substratum

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; SUBSTRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CRAB; LABORATORY; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SOIL;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA;

EID: 0031924512     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00159-7     Document Type: Article

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