Population biology of Hirondellea sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Gammaridea: Lysianassoidea) from the Atacama Trench (south-east Pacific Ocean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 419-425

  Perrone, F M ^a   Dell'Anno, A ^a   Danovaro, R ^a   Della Croce, N ^b   Thurston, M H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GROWTH; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOLT; NEW SPECIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; ATACAMA; EURYTHENES; EURYTHENES GRYLLUS; GAMMARIDEA; GRYLLUS; HIRONDELLEA; INVERTEBRATA; LYSIANASSOIDEA;

EID: 0036622515     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402005672     Document Type: Article

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