Effects of salinity on larval stages of the rhizocephalan barnacle Loxothylacus texanus: Survival and metamorphosis in response to the host, Callinectes sapidus

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-176

  Tindle, Stephen ^a   Boone, Emily ^a,b   O'Brien, Jack ^a   Boettcher, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Larvae; Loxothylacus texanus; Metamorphosis; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; SALINITY; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOXOTHYLACUS; LOXOTHYLACUS TEXANUS; THORACICA;

EID: 1942445419     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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