Population structure of the necrophagous amphipod Eurythenes gryllus (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from the Atacama Trench (south-east Pacific Ocean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-211

  Thurston, Michael H ^a   Petrillo, Mario ^b   Della Croce, Norberto ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; ATACAMA; EURYTHENES; EURYTHENES GRYLLUS; GAMMARIDEA; GRYLLUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036553887     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402005374     Document Type: Article

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