First observations on Nephrops norvegicus (L.) burrow densites on the continental shelf off the Catalan coast (western Mediterranean)

Crustaceana

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-310

  Aguzzi, J ^a   Bozzano, A ^a   Sarda F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISM; LOBSTER; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY;

CATALONIA; CATALONIAN COASTAL RANGES; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER; NEPHROPIDAE; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 3242715274     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540041181457     Document Type: Article

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