Observations on the activity and life history of the scavenging isopod Natatolana borealis Lilljeborg (lsopoda: Cirolanidae) from Loch Fyne, Scotland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-262

  Wong, Y M ^a   Moore, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

baited trapping; Cirolanidae; Isopoda; population biology; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; CIROLANIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EPICARIDEA; GADIDAE; GADUS MORHUA; ISOPODA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; NATATOLANA BOREALIS; PORTUNIDAE;

ACTIVITY; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAITED TRAPPING; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; SCAVENGERS; SCAVENGING;

UK, SCOTLAND, LOCH FYNE; UK, SCOTLAND, STRATHCLYDE, LOCH FYNE;

EID: 0030072285     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0018     Document Type: Article

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