Molting of fiddler crab Uca minax megalopae: Stimulatory cues are specific to salt marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 282, Issue , 2004, Pages 229-236

  O'Connor, Nancy J ^a   Judge, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical cue; Fiddler crab; Marsh; Megalopa; Molting; Uca minax

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CRAB; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLT; SALTMARSH;

DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA MINAX;

EID: 10844259175     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps282229     Document Type: Article

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