Behavioural observations of the cephalopod Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 299-302

  Rocha, Francisco ^a   González, Ángel F ^a   Segonzac, Michel ^b   Guerra, Ángel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CEPHALOPOD; HYDROTHERMAL VENT;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 0036920305     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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