Sand as a stimulus for settlement in the ghost shrimp Callichirus major (Say) and C. islagrande (Schmitt) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-222

  Strasser, K M ^a   Felder, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cues; Ghost shrimp; Larva settlement; Sediment

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BURROWING; CRUSTACEAN; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SAND; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LARVA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; SAND; SEA; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP; STIMULUS;

CALLICHIRUS ISLAGRANDE; CALLICHIRUS MAJOR; DECAPODA;

EID: 0033563817     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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