Otolith: The fish's 'black box';L'otolithe : La «boîte noire» des Téléostéens

Annee Biologique

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-122

  Lecomte Finiger, Raymonde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Fish; Otolith; Teleost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001033168     PISSN: 00035017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-5017(99)80029-4     Document Type: Article

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