Growth and reproduction in the high-shore South African limpet Helcion pectunculus (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda)

African Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 371-386

  Gray, David R ^a   Hodgson, Alan N ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Gastropoda; Gonad index; Protandry; Shell length

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; GROWTH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; PROTANDRY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DOCOGLOSSA; GASTROPODA; HELCION PECTUNCULUS; MOLLUSCA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 0346911697     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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