Mass oviposition and egg development of the ocean-skater Halobates sobrinus (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-445

  Cheng, Lanna ^a   Pitman, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; INSECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OVIPOSITION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

GERRIDAE; HALOBATES; HALOBATES SOBRINUS; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036823151     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2002.0033     Document Type: Article

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