The capacity of crab megalopae to autotomize body appendages and the consequences upon their feeding ability–the price to pay to live another day

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-341

  Calado, Ricardo ^a   Olaguer Feliú, Ainhoa O ^b   González Gordillo, Juan Ignacio ^b   Queiroga, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias Marinas (CSIC)   (Spain)

Author keywords

autotomy; Carcinus maenas; feeding ability; megalopae

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957789888     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240903430111     Document Type: Article

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