An external tagging technique for the long-spined sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 777-779

  Clemente, Sabrina ^a   Hernández, José Carlos ^a   Brito, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; METHODOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

DIADEMA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 34249015264     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407053349     Document Type: Article

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