Annual reproductive periodicity of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum philippi in the Canary Islands

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 989-996

  Garrido, M J ^a   Haroun, R J ^a   Lessios, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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