Reproductive biology of the holothurian Holothuria tubulosa (Echinodermata) in the Adriatic Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 409-414

  Despalatović, Marija ^a   Grubelić, Ivana ^a   Šimunović, Ante ^a   Antolić, Boris ^a   Žuljević, Ante ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KASTELA BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA TUBULOSA; HOLOTHURIIDAE; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942502229     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009361h     Document Type: Article

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