On the free-spawning reproductive behaviour of the copepod Clausocalanus lividus (Frost and Fleminger 1968)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 599-602

  Saiz, Enric ^a   Calbet, Albert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SPAWNING;

REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLAUSOCALANUS LIVIDUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0032800817     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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