Metamorphosis of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus: Effects of humic acids and ammonium

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 1997, Pages 277-286

  Forward Jr , Richard B ^a   Tankersley, Richard A ^b   Blondel, Dimitri ^a   Rittschof, Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Humic acids; Megalopae; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BLUE CRAB; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL STIMULI; CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HUMIC ACID; MEGALOPA; METAMORPHOSIS;

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

EID: 1842410783     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps157277     Document Type: Article

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