... amount, to prepare larvae to receive food, or stimulating the release of larval saliva to adults). Here, by using an electro-magnetic shaker, we assessed, for the first time, the short-term effects of abdominal wagging on larval behavior by recording larval responses and by measuring the amount of saliva...

... gradients, whereas waves can produce higher temporal velocity gradients. To understand how physical processes affect oyster larval behavior, transport and energetics, we exposed larvae to different combinations of turbulence and waves in flow tanks with (1) wavy turbulence, (2) a seiche and (3) rectilinear...

... and editing. COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 5 9 2012 17 12 2012 © 2013. 2013 acceleration Crassostrea virginica dissipation rate force balance larval behavior velocity gradients Many mollusc veligers change their behavior in response...