Recruitment in the holothurian cucumaria frondosa in the gulf of maine

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 123-133

  Medeiros bergen, Dorothy E ^a   Miles, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumaria frondosa; Gulf of Maine; Juvenile; Predation; Recruitment; Sea cucumber; Substrate

Indexed keywords

CUCUMARIA FRONDOSA;

EID: 0030895004     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672570     Document Type: Article

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