Disappearance of a population of pygmy octopus following a harmful algal bloom in a northwestern Florida bay, U.S.A.

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-15

  Tiffany, Bridget Nicole ^a   Fangue, Nann A ^a,b   Bennett, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Octopus cf. mercatoris; Octopus joubini; Red tide; Seagrass bed

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS JOUBINI; OCTOPUS MERCATORIS;

EID: 33751294133     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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