Growth and Shell Strain of a Barnacle Balanus albicostatus Population in an Aquarium

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-28

  Nakamura, Kaworu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquarium; Balanus albicostatus; Barnacle; Growth rate; Molting cycle; Shell strain

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA NAUPLII; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALANUS; CHAETOCEROS CALCITRANS; THORACICA;

EID: 0346572837     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.22     Document Type: Article

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