Reproductive biology of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria fuscogilva in the Solomon Islands

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1045-1056

  Ramofafia, C ^a,b   Battaglene, S C ^b   Bell, J D ^a,b   Byrne, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WORLDFISH   (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA FUSCOGILVA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 0000087758     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270000310     Document Type: Article

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