Epibiotic community of the horseshoe crab Tachypleus gigas

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 699-713

  Patil, J S ^a   Anil, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CRUSTACEAN; EPIBIONT;

BALANUS AMPHITRITE; DECAPODA; MEMBRANIPORA; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA; SKELETONEMA; TACHYPLEUS GIGAS;

EID: 0034072542     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050730     Document Type: Article

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