Growth observations on Octopus vulgaris cuvier, 1797 from the Portuguese waters: Growth lines in the vestigial shell as possible tools for age determination

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1099-1103

  Reis, Carlos Sousa ^a   Fernandes, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CEPHALOPOD; GROWTH; SHELL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGAL;

CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0037698930     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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