Early life history of the pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis (Pisces: Syngnathidae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1179-1182

  Monteiro, N M ^a,b   Almada, V C ^c   Vieira, M N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FISH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY;

NEROPHIS LUMBRICIFORMIS; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242275993     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008452h     Document Type: Article

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