Flux of decapod larvae and juveniles at a station in the lower canal de mira (ria de aveiro, portugal) during one lunar month

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-206

  Pereira, Fabio ^a   Pereira, Rita ^a   Queiroga, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crustaceans; Estuaries; Larvae; Rhythms; Transport; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034484017     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2000.9652455     Document Type: Article

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