Sex ratio variation in the intertidal isopod, Jaera albifrons

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 825-828

  Piertney, Stuart B ^a,b   Carvalho, Gary R ^a,c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASELLOTA; ISOPODA; JAERA ALBIFRONS;

NATURAL POPULATIONS; ROCKY SHORES; SEX RATIO; THELYGENY;

UK, WALES, (SOUTH);

EID: 0029669648     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400031490     Document Type: Article

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