Somatic and gonadal growth of the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin) maintained in polyculture with the atlantic salmon

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1557-1562

  Kelly, Maeve S ^a   Brodie, Christine C ^b   Mckenzie, J D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sea Sites   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonad growth; Polyculture; Psammechinus miliaris; Salmon; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032427305     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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