Vertical distribution correlates with pressure tolerances of early embryos in the deep-sea asteroid Plutonaster bifrons

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 749-757

  Young, Craig M ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^b   Gage, John D ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONASTER BIFRONS; ASTEROIDEA;

DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; SEASTAR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0029662806     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s002531540003143x     Document Type: Article

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