Reproductive biology of Alvinocaris muricola (Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from cold seeps in the Congo basin

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1347-1356

  Ramirez Llodra, Eva ^a   Segonzac, Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLD SEEP; CRUSTACEAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; GAMETOGENESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SAMPLING BIAS; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO BASIN; GULF OF GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALVINOCARIDIDAE; ALVINOCARIS MURICOLA; CARIDEA; CARIDEAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33947101314     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406014378     Document Type: Article

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