Developmental shift in the selective tidal-stream transport behavior of larvae of the fiddler crab Uca minax (LeConte)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-180

  López Duarte, Paola C ^a   Tankersley, Richard A ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Circatidal; Endogenous rhythm; Fiddler crab; Megalopae; Selective tidal stream transport; Uca minax; Zoeae

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COASTAL WATER; CRAB; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; STREAM; SWIMMING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA MINAX;

EID: 57249113712     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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