Synchronous recruitment and growth pattern of planktonic larvae of the amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1263-1271

  Ueda, H ^a   Kamakura, H ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; RECRUITMENT; SEASONALITY; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 33645342726     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0176-1     Document Type: Article

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