Mucus as a mediator of gametogenic synchrony in the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-129

  Hamel, Jean François ^a   Mercier, Annie ^a  

^a Soc Explor Valuing Environ (SEVE)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMARIA FRONDOSA;

EID: 0032913550     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000137     Document Type: Article

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