What constrains the geographic and host range of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus texanus in the wild?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-139

  Boone, Emily ^a,b   Boettcher, Anne A ^a   Sherman, Timothy D ^a   O'Brien, Jack J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Loxothylacus texanus; Parasite; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIMITING FACTOR; PARASITE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ARMASES CINEREUM; CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES ORNATUS; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CALLINECTES SIMILIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOXOTHYLACUS; LOXOTHYLACUS TEXANUS; RHITHROPANOPEUS HARRISII; SESARMA; THORACICA;

EID: 4143070183     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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