Effects of lunar periodicity on the emergence behavior of the demersal copepod Pseudodiaptomus cokeri in Phosphorescent Bay, Puerto Rico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 887-901

  Rios Jara, Eduardo ^a   González, Juan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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