Sex pheromones in marine polychaetes: Volatile organic substances (VOS) isolated from Arenicola marina

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 157-166

  Hardege, J D ^a,c   Bentley, M G ^a   Beckmann, M ^b   Muller C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arenicola marina; Pheromones; Spawning; Volatile organic substances

Indexed keywords

ARENICOLA MARINA;

EID: 0029842707     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps139157     Document Type: Article

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