Factors influencing the degree of sexual size dimorphism within and among calanoid copepod species

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 490-497

  Nishikawa, Timothy S ^a   Maly, Edward J ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Calanoid copepods; Development rates; Permanence of habitat; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DIAPTOMUS LEPTOPUS; LEPTOPUS;

EID: 0029797908     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333940     Document Type: Article

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