Orientation of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun), megalopae: Responses to visual and chemical cues

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-40

  Diaz, Humberto ^a   Orihuela, Beatriz ^a   Forward Jr , Richard B ^b   Dan Rittschof, ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Chemical cues; Megalopa; Orientation; Post larva; Settlement; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; MEGALOP; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CUE;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRAB; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0033620128     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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