Larval photoresponses of the polyclad flatworm Maritigrella crozieri (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) (Hyman)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 103-112

  Johnson, Kevin B ^a   Forward Jr , Richard B ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flatworm; Larvae; Maritigrella crozieri; Phototaxis; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTENSITY; ONTOGENY; PHOTOTAXIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ECTEINASCIDIA TURBINATA; INVERTEBRATA; MARITIGRELLA; MARITIGRELLA CROZIERI; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCLADIDA;

EID: 0037425595     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00448-3     Document Type: Article

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