Growth and production of Ophiocten gracilis (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) on the Scottish continental slope

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-97

  Gage, J D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ECHINODERM; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; OPHIOCTEN; OPHIURIDA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 0042130359     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1050-7     Document Type: Article

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