A highly specific chemical cue for the metamorphosis of the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Steinberg, M K ^a   Epifanio, C E ^a   Andon, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian shore crab; Chemical cue; Hemigrapsus sanguineus; Megalopa; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; CRAB; EXUDATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; ROCKY SHORE; TRANSLOCATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST);

BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEMIGRAPSUS; HEMIGRAPSUS NUDUS; HEMIGRAPSUS OREGONENSIS; HEMIGRAPSUS PENICILLATUS; HEMIGRAPSUS SANGUINEUS; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 34249748897     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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