Population biology of Octopus vulgaris on the temperate south-eastern coast of South Africa

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 535-541

  Oosthuizen, A ^a   Smale, M J ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FECUNDITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0038400004     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007458h     Document Type: Article

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