Mating plug in the planktonic copepod Tortanus (Atortus) rubidus

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-26

  Barthélémy, Roxanne M ^a   Ohtsuka, Susumu ^b   Soh, Ho Young ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; TORTANUS; TORTANUS RUBIDUS;

EID: 0037322014     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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