Seasonality of reproduction in the cushion star Odontaster validus at Signy Island, Antarctica

Marine Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 479-487

  Stanwell Smith, D ^a   Clarke, A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTICA, SIGNY ISLAND;

ASTEROIDEA; ODONTASTER VALIDUS;

EID: 0031828534     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050339     Document Type: Article

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