Ontogenetic changes in phototaxis during larval life of the Ascidian Polyandrocarpa zorritensis (Van Name, 1931)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-277

  Vazquez, Elsa ^a   Young, Craig M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian larvae; Phototaxis

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; ONTOGENY; PHOTOTAXIS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHOTOTAXIS;

ASCIDIACEA; POLYANDROCARPA ZORRITENSIS;

EID: 0032585529     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00094-X     Document Type: Article

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