Larval ecology of an ascidian tropical population in a Mediterranean enclosed ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2000, Pages 159-167

  Carballo, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecteinascidia turbinata; Gregariousness; Habitat selection; Larval dispersal; Philopatry; Recruitment; Self sustaining; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

LAGOON; LARVA; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; ECTEINASCIDIA TURBINATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034737354     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps195159     Document Type: Article

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