Sea snakes anticipate tropical cyclone

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2369-2373

  Liu, Y L ^a   Lillywhite, H B ^b   Tu, M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAROTROPIC MODE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LOW PRESSURE; SNAKE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VOLCANIC ROCK; WIND VELOCITY;

LANYU; TAIWAN;

HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 77957986361     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1501-x     Document Type: Article

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