Size at first sexual maturity in Zidona dufresnei (Caenogastropoda: Volutidae) of the south-western Atlantic Ocean (Mar del Plata, Argentina)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Giménez, Juliana ^a   Penchaszadeh, Pablo E ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CAENOGASTROPODA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VOLUTIDAE;

EID: 0242584476     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007100h     Document Type: Article

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