Characters of larvae - What are they?

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-186

  Urho, Lauri ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Development; Early ontogeny; Ecology; Habitat changes; Juvenile; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FISH; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; ONTOGENY;

EID: 0036029861     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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