Recovery of meiofauna in intertidal feeding pits created by rays

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-230

  Cross, Randall E ^a,b   Curran, Mary Carla ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 24344434759     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0219:ROMIIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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