Estuarine immigration by crab postlarvae: Mechanisms, reliability and adaptive significance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 174, Issue , 1998, Pages 51-65

  Christy, John H ^b   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crab postlarvae; Estuary; Larval migration; Nocturnal flood tide immigration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; IMMIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH INLET ESTUARY; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0032569948     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps174051     Document Type: Article

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