Larval settlement of the barnacle, Balanus improvisus Darwin (1854) under different food concentration, substratum, light period, salinity, cyprid density and cyprid age

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2231-2236

  Nasrolahi, Ali ^a,b  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b Young Researcher Club of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Balanus improvisus; Cyprid density; Food concentration; Larval settlement; Light period; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BALANUS IMPROVISUS; CHAETOCEROS CALCITRANS; CYPRIDIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 34447303068     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2231.2236     Document Type: Article

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