Life cycle and population dynamics of Annina mesopotamica (ahmed), (isopoda, flabellifera) in the Shatt Al-Arab region, Basrah, Iraq

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-130

  Salman, Salman D ^a   Oshana, Virginia K ^a   Ali, Malik H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Annina; Breeding biology; Iraq; Isopoda; ovoviviparous; population dynamics; Shatt Al Arab

Indexed keywords

ANNINA MESOPOTAMICA; ISOPODA;

LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

IRAQ, AL-CHIBASSY RIVER; IRAQ, GARMAT-ALI RIVER;

EID: 0029660692     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020000     Document Type: Article

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