Distribution and ecology of deep-water mollusks from the continental slope, southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 883-892

  Zamorano, P ^a   Hendrickx, M E ^a   Toledano Granados, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; SCAPHOPODA;

EID: 33846519982     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0390-5     Document Type: Article

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