Predatory blue crabs induce byssal thread production in hooked mussels

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Brown, Kenneth M ^a   Aronhime, Barry ^a   Wang, Xueying ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Byssal thread; Callinectes; Induced defense; Ischadium

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ISCHADIUM; ISCHADIUM RECURVUM; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 79951730429     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2011.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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