Gametogenesis, spawning behavior, and early development in the "iceworm" Hesiocaeca methanicola (Polychaeta: Hesionidae) from methane hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 761-775

  Eckelbarger, K J ^a   Young, C M ^b   Ramirez Llodra, E ^c   Brooke, S ^b   Tyler, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP; GAMETOGENESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METHANE; SPAWNING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

HESIOCAECA METHANICOLA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0035047464     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270000510     Document Type: Article

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