Morphological variation in Nereis (Neanthes) virens (Polychaeta: Nereididae) populations

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 983-985

  Breton, Sophie ^a   Dufresne, France ^a   Desrosiers, Gaston ^b   Blier, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCHAETE;

NEREIDIDAE; NEREIS; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 7544236579     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010276h     Document Type: Article

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