Is the hatching clock of fiddler crab larvae (Uca thayeri) phenotypically plastic?

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-333

  Christopher, Catherine E ^a   Salmon, Michael ^a   Forward Jr , Richard B ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiddler crabs; Hatching; Phenotypic plasticity; Rhythms; Uca

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA THAYERI;

EID: 45349093452     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/0278-0372(2008)028[0328:ITHCOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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