Life-history characteristics of the florida lancelet, Branchiostoma Floridae: Some factors affecting population dynamics in Tampa Bay

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Stokes, M D ^a   Holland, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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