Metamorphosis of a sesarmid river crab, Armases roberti: Stimulation by adult odours versus inhibition by salinity stress

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-278

  Anger, Klaus ^a   Torres, Gabriela ^a,b   Giménez, Luis ^a,c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Crustaceans; Larval biology; Metamorphosis; Ontogenetic migrations; Recruitment; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CRAB; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

ARMASES ROBERTI; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SESARMIDAE;

EID: 33751170918     PISSN: 0091181X     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240600986183     Document Type: Article

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