Tisular and population level responses to habitat harshness in sandy beaches: The reproductive strategy of Donax hanleyanus

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 919-927

  Delgado, Estela ^a   Defeo, Omar ^a  

^a Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SAMPLING; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING;

BIVALVIA; DONACIDAE; DONAX HANLEYANUS;

EID: 34548134403     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0744-7     Document Type: Article

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