Reproductive biology of megabalanus azoricus (pilsbry), the azorean barnacle

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-162

  Dionisio, Maria ^a   Rodrigues, Armindo ^a   Costa, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Cirripedia; Fertility; Gametogenesis; Gonadal maturation; Megabalanus azoricus; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CIRRIPEDIA; MEGABALANUS; THORACICA;

EID: 37349047112     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2007.9652240     Document Type: Article

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