Growth and size-structure of stegophiura sp. (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) on the continental slope off central Chile: A comparison between cold seep and non-seep sites

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-428

  Quiroga, Eduardo ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^b,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Del Mar   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bathyal ophiuroid; Chile; Cold seep; Growth

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ECHINODERM; GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; SIZE STRUCTURE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ECHINODERMATA; OPHIUROIDEA; STEGOPHIURA;

EID: 69749105396     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002786     Document Type: Article

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