Survival and development of horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) embryos and larvae in hypersaline conditions

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-94

  Ehlinger, Gretchen S ^a,b   Tankersley, Richard A ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LIMULIDAE; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 2142754109     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543539     Document Type: Article

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