Settlement cues in an Atlantic coast population of the ghost shrimp Callichirus major (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 217-225

  Strasser, K M ^a,b   Felder, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult conditioned water; Sediment; Settlement cues; Stimuli; Zoea

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LARVAL SETTLEMENT;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CALLICHIRUS MAJOR; DECAPODA;

EID: 0033529374     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183217     Document Type: Article

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