Behavioral responses of blue crab Callinectes sapidus postlarvae to turbulence: Implications for selective tidal stream transport

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 135-143

  Welch, James M ^a,b   Forward Jr , Richard B ^a   Howd, Peter A ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Currents; Megalopae; Postlarvae; Selective tidal stream transport; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0033560650     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179135     Document Type: Article

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