Vertical migration during tidal transport of megalopae of Necora puber in coastal shallow waters during daytime

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-404

  Lee, James T ^a,b   Coleman, Ross A ^a,c   Jones, Malcolm B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Decapoda; Portunidae; Recruitment; Selective tidal stream transport; Velvet swimming crab

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; LARVA; TIDAL CURRENT; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NECORA PUBER; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 26044480079     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.05.022     Document Type: Article

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