Integrated physiological responses to feeding in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 359-368

  McGaw, I J ^a   Reiber, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Cardiovascular; Digestion; Feeding; Haemolymph flow; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; EATING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEART RATE; HEMOLYMPH; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; EATING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEART RATE; HEMOLYMPH; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 0033969871     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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