Isopod burrowing in leaves of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum, in a Mexican Caribbean reef lagoon

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 525-531

  Van Tussenbroek, B I ^a   Brearley, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CRUSTACEAN; LAGOON; REEF;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; FLABELLIFERA; HALOPHILA; ISOPODA; LIMNORIA SIMULATA; LIMNORIIDAE; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0032449640     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/mf97242     Document Type: Article

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