Effect of conspecifics density on the settlement of Petrolisthes laevigatus (Decapoda: Porcellanidae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1453-1458

  Gebauer, P ^a   Freire, M ^a   Barria, A ^a   Paschke, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

conspecifics density; gregarious settlement; Petrolisthes; porcelain crab

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; COLONIZATION; CONSPECIFIC; CRAB; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PETROLISTHES; PETROLISTHES LAEVIGATUS; PORCELLANIDAE;

EID: 84864287799     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411000087     Document Type: Article

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