The influence of small-scale flow and chemical cues on the settlement of two congeneric barnacle species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 179-187

  Wright, John R ^a,b   Boxshall, Anthony J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Conservation Division ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Chemical cues; Elminius covertus; Elminius modestus; Hydrodynamics; Larval behaviour; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; CRUSTACEAN; FLOW; LARVAL SETTLEMENT;

CIRRIPEDIA; ELMINIUS COVERTUS; ELMINIUS MODESTUS;

EID: 0033529353     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183179     Document Type: Article

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