Sediment-associated cues for larval settlement of the infaunal spionid polychaetes Polydora cornuta and Streblospio benedicti

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-120

  Sebesvari, Zita ^a   Esser, Ferdinand ^a   Harder, Tilmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Larvae; Polydora cornutaPolychaeta; Sediment; SettlementPolydora cornuta; Streblospio benedicti; Streblospio benedictiSettlement

Indexed keywords

LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA CORNUTA; SPIONIDA; STREBLOSPIO BENEDICTI;

EID: 33746891266     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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