Observations of the echiuran worm Bonellia viridis in the deep basin of the northern Evoikos Gulf, Greece

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 361-363

  Hughes, D J ^a   Marrs, S J ^b   Smith, C J ^c   Atkinson, R J A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREECE;

BONELLIA VIRIDIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032890692     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000411     Document Type: Article

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