Size as indicator of swimming speed in crab megalopae

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 663-666

  Valero, Juan ^a   Luppi, Tomas ^b   Iribarne, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estuarine crabs; Megalopae; Swimming speed

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; SWIMMING; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CYRTOGRAPSUS ALTIMANUS; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; UCA URUGUAYENSIS;

EID: 0033382759     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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