Occurrence of the barnacle, Xenobalanus globicipitis, on coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New Jersey

Crustaceana

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1271-1279

  Toth Brown, Jacalyn ^a   Hohn, A A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; DOLPHIN; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

THORACICA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; XENOBALANUS GLOBICIPITIS;

EID: 35549013338     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854007782321137     Document Type: Article

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