The effect of salinity on larval survival and development in the sea urchin echinometra lucunter

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 323-330

  Metaxas, Anna ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Larvae; Mortality; Salinity; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032434611     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1998.9652667     Document Type: Article

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