Metamorphosis of the estuarine crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii: Effect of water type and adult odor

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 217-223

  Fitzgerald, Timothy P ^a,b   Forward Jr , Richard B ^a,b   Tankersley, Richard A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult odor; Chemical cues; Habitat selection; Megalopae; Metamorphosis; Rhithropanopeus harrisii; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CRAB LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; ODOUR;

DECAPODA; RHITHROPANOPEUS HARRISII;

EID: 0032493128     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps165217     Document Type: Article

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