Life history and dispersal pattern of the polychaete worm Neanthes japonica (Izuka) in the Nanakita River Estuary, Miyagi Prefecture

Japanese Journal of Limnology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-146

  Kikuchi, Eisuke ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ESTUARY; LIFE HISTORY; POLYCHAETE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; NANAKITA ESTUARY;

NEANTHES JAPONICA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032441718     PISSN: 00215104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.59.125     Document Type: Article

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