Spatial and temporal patterns in development of eggs in the vent crab Bythograea thermydron

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 211-220

  Perovich, Gina M ^a   Epifanio, Charles E ^b   Dittel, Ana I ^b   Tyler, Paul A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bythograea; Egg development; Hydrothermal vents; Seasonality; Vent crab

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EGG DEVELOPMENT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BYTHOGRAEA; BYTHOGRAEA THERMYDRON; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038742800     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps251211     Document Type: Article

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