Population dynamics, allometric relationships and reproductive status of Microcosmus sabatieri (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in the Aegean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1043-1051

  Vafidis, Dimitris ^a   Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^b   Chintiroglou, Chariton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Allometric relationships; Microcosmus sabatieri; Population dynamics; Reproductive status

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; BREEDING SEASON; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPAWNING; SURVEY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROCOSMUS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 48249145348     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001811     Document Type: Article

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