Cues in salt marshes stimulate molting of fiddler crab Uca pugnax megalopae: More evidence from field experiments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 181, Issue , 1999, Pages 131-139

  O'Connor, Nancy J ^a   Judge, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Fiddler crab; Larvae; Metamorphosis; Molting; Uca pugnax

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CRUSTACEAN; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLT; SALTMARSH;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA PUGNAX;

EID: 0033580660     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps181131     Document Type: Article

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