Light induced larval release of a colonial ascidian

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-238

  Forward Jr , Richard B ^a   Welch, James M ^b   Young, Craig M ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Behavior; Larvae; Light; Polyandrocarpa zorritensis; Settlement

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; LARVA; LIGHT EFFECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BIOLOGY; DARK ADAPTATION; LARVA; LIGHT; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; SUNLIGHT; SWIMMING;

ASCIDIACEA; POLYANDROCARPA ZORRITENSIS;

EID: 0034737913     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00168-4     Document Type: Article

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