Effects of larval settlement and post-settlement mortality on the distribution pattern and abundance of the spirorbid tube worm Neodexiospira brasiliensis (Grube) (Polychaeta) living on seagrass leaves

Marine Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 251-272

  Hamamoto, Kyoko ^a   Mukai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Larval settlement; Polychaeta; Post settlement mortality; Seagrass leaf; Size specific mortality; Spirorbidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; POLYCHAETE; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

JAPAN;

NEODEXIOSPIRA BRASILIENSIS; PHYLLOSPADIX IWATENSIS; POLYCHAETA; ZOSTERA ASIATICA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0033491627     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.1999.2034075.x     Document Type: Article

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