Settlement behavior in shore crabs Carcinus maenas: Why do postlarvae emigrate from nursery habitats?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2003, Pages 215-230

  Moksnes, Per Olav ^a   Hedvall, Ola ^a   Reinwald, Torsten ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

European green crab; Habitat selection; Metamorphosis; Migration; Planktonic mortality; Settlement cues; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MIGRATION; NURSERY GROUND; PREDATION;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0038138126     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps250215     Document Type: Article

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