Settlement of megalopae and early juveniles of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber (Decapoda: Portunidae) in flow conditions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 272, Issue , 2004, Pages 191-202

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flume; Habitat selection; Postlarvae; Settlement behaviour; Substratum

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FLOW; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE CYCLE;

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

EID: 3042660873     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps272191     Document Type: Article

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