If larvae were smart: A simple model for optimal settlement behavior of competent larvae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 349, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-61

  Toonen, Robert J ^a   Tyre, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Desperate larva hypothesis; Habitat choice; Larval settlement behavior; Stochastic dynamic programming model

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POLYCHAETE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTICITY;

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; HYDROIDES DIANTHUS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 36949000281     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06963     Document Type: Article

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