Aspects of the reproductive activity of Cypraea caputdraconis from Easter Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-23

  Osorio, Cecilia ^a   Brown, Donald ^b   Donoso, Ligia ^a   Atan, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GASTROPOD FISHERY; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CYPRAEA CAPUTDRACONIS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0032820228     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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