Endogenous swimming rhythms of juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, as related to horizontal transport

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-76

  Forward Jr , Richard B ^a   Reyns, Nathalie B ^b   Diaz, Humberto ^a   Cohen, Jonathan H ^a   Eggleston, David B ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Circadian rhythm; Horizontal transport; Juvenile; Secondary dispersal

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; JUVENILE; TIDAL CYCLE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 1242322421     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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