The black murex snail, Hexaplex nigritus (Mollusca, Muricidae), in the gulf of California, mexico: I. reproductive ecology and breeding aggregations

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-298

  Cudney Bueno, R ^a,b,c   Prescott, R ^a   Hinojosa Huerta, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Centro Intercultural de Estudio de Desiertos y Oceános A C   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Pronatura Noreste AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOMASS; CONSPECIFIC; DIOECY; HATCHING; INCUBATION; JUVENILE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAIL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX NIGRITUS; MOLLUSCA; MUREX; MURICIDAE;

EID: 53649092166     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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