Body size and its variability in the copepod acartia margalefi (Calanoida) from Lake Acquatina (SE Italy)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-382

  Belmonte, Genuario ^a   Cavallo, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acartia margalefi; Body size; Sexual dimorphism; Size variability

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

ITALY, APULIA, ACQUATINA;

ACARTIA MARGALEFI; COPEPODA;

EID: 0031400175     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356225     Document Type: Article

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