Endogenous swimming rhythms underlying secondary dispersal of early juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-100

  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 crabs; Callinectes sapidus; Circadian rhythms; Horizontal transport; Secondary dispersal

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NURSERY GROUND; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TIDAL CYCLE;

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

EID: 13844297841     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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