Response of the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus to metamorphic cues under natural field conditions

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 87-90

  Anderson, Julie A ^a   Epifanio, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical cue; Hemigrapsus sanguineus; Metamorphosis; Rocky intertidal; Settlement

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BENTHOS; CAGE CULTURE; CHEMICAL CUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; OPEN WATER; ROCKY SHORE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TRANSECT; WATER COLUMN;

BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEMIGRAPSUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 76549091822     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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