Vertical migration and selective tidal stream transport in the megalopa of the crab Carcinus maenas

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 375-376, Issue , 1998, Pages 137-149

  Queiroga, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Larvae; Portugal; Recruitment; Transport; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MEGALOP; TIDAL CYCLE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA;

EID: 7844245775     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2864-5_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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