Population dynamics and reproduction of Holothuria tubulosa (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata) in the Aegean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 895-901

  Kazanidis, Georgios ^a   Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^b   Lolas, Alexios P ^a   Neofitou, Nikos ^a   Vafidis, Dimitris ^a   Chintiroglou, Chariton ^b   Neofitou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; allometry; eastern Mediterranean; population structure; reproduction; sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; ECHINODERM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PAGASITIKOS GULF;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA TUBULOSA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958491290     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000251     Document Type: Article

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