Population structure of the lancelet Branchiostoma caribaeum (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomidae) in the Baía de Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 617-623

  Da Silva, Luis F B ^a   Tavares, Marcos ^b   Soares Gomes, Abilio ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Autoecology; Macrobenthos; Marine invertebrates; Soft bottoms; Sublittoral

Indexed keywords

BRANCHIOSTOMA CARIBAEUM; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE; CEPHALOCHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 59349097843     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752008000400006     Document Type: Article

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