Larval settlement: the role of surface topography for sessile coral reef invertebrates.

For sessile marine invertebrates with complex life cycles, habitat choice is directed by the larval phase. Defining which habitat-linked cues are implicated in sessile invertebrate larval settlement has largely concentrated on chemical cues which are thought to signal optimal habitat. There has been...

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Main Authors: Steve Whalan, Muhammad A Abdul Wahab, Susanne Sprungala, Andrew J Poole, Rocky de Nys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4324781?pdf=render