Streblospio shrubsolii (Polychaeta : Spionidae): Temporal fluctuations in size and reproductive activity

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-214

  Lardicci, Claudio ^a   Ceccherelli, Giulia ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Island of Elba; Life cycle; Population ecology; Reproductive activity; Streblospio shrubsolii; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

POLYCHAETA; STREBLOSPIO SHRUBSOLII;

EID: 0031412543     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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