Reproductive biology and population structure of the sea cucumber isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875) (holothuroidea) in Caamaño, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2091-2098

  Toral Granda, M Verónica ^a   Martínez, Priscilla C ^a,b  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOTHUROIDEA; ISOSTICHOPUS FUSCUS;

EID: 77955260914     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0640-1     Document Type: Article

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