Veligers from the nudibranch Dendronotus frondosus show shell growth and extended planktonic period in laboratory culture

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 541, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-213

  Sisson, Chad G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Grand Rapids Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Larval culture; Opisthobranchia; Protoconch; Veliger

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

LARVAE CULTURE; LARVAL SHELLS; VELIGER LARVAE; WATER SPECIES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DISPERSAL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RANGE SIZE; SHELL;

DENDRONOTUS FRONDOSUS; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 18144421377     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-5708-z     Document Type: Article

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