Macrobenthic communities of the coastal waters of Dabhol, west coast of India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-99

  Ingole, Baban ^a   Rodrigues, Nimi ^a   Ali Ansari, Zakir ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 24944443318     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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