Amphidromy in shrimps: a life cycle between rivers and the sea
Amphidromy is a diadromous life history pattern, common in tropical and subtropical freshwater caridean shrimps, in which adults live, breed and spawn small-sized embryos in freshwater but have extended larval development (ELD) in marine waters. Most completely freshwater species spawn large embryos...
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Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
2013-09-01
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Series: | Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2013000400002&lng=en&tlng=en |