Juvenile-adult relationship in the ophiuroid Ophiothrix fragilis (Echinodermata): A behavioral and morphological study

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-276

  Morgan, R ^a   Jangoux, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECHINODERM; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ECHINODERMATA; EUKARYOTA; OPHIOTHRIX; OPHIOTHRIX FRAGILIS; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 4344619249     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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