Planktonic availability and settlement of Carcinus maenas megalopae at high temporal resolution in the lower Mira Estuary (SW Portugal)
The current conceptual model of reinvasion and settlement for estuarine brachyuran crabs in mesotidal systems is that megalopae undergo selective tidal stream transport, in an upstream direction, and settle by the end of the flood tide. Recent studies on recruitment processes of Carcinus maenas (L.)...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/11177 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/11177 |