One-year observation on the population structure of Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) in Izmir Bay (Aegean sea, eastern Mediterranean)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 265-272

  Daǧli, Ertan ^a   Ergen, Zeki ^a   Çinar, Melih E ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Description; Diopatra neapolitana; Izmir Bay; Population structure; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; IZMIR BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

DIOPATRA NEAPOLITANA; ONUPHIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33745274118     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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