Larval polychaetes are strongly associated with marine snow

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 1997, Pages 211-221

  Shanks, Alan L ^a   Del Carmen, Kimberly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Competent; Larvae; Marine snow; Meroplankton; Polychaetes; Precompetent; Settle ment

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE LARVAE; MARINE SNOW; POLYCHAETE LARVA; ZOOPLANKTON;

(WEST); ATLANTIC; SAN JUAN ARCHIPELAGO; USA; WASHINGTON;

INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0030843651     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps154211     Document Type: Article

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