Effects of salinity on larval and early juvenile growth of an extremely euryhaline crab species, Armases miersii (Decapoda: Grapsidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 426, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 161-168

  Anger, Klaus ^a   Riesebeck, Kim ^a   Püschel, Cornelia ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Decapod larvae; Larval growth; Osmoregulation; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH; ROCK POOL; SALINITY;

ARMASES MIERSII; DECAPODA; GRAPSIDAE;

EID: 0034656862     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003926730312     Document Type: Article

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