Habitat selectivity of megalopae and juvenile mud crabs (Scylla serrata): Implications for recruitment mechanism

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 891-899

  Webley, James A C ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^a   Young, Ruth A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAGRASS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 67349188058     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1134-0     Document Type: Article

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