Embryo biometry of three broadcast spawning euphausiid species applied to identify cross-shelf and seasonal spawning patterns along the Oregon coast

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 739-760

  Gómez Gutiérrez, Jaime ^a   Peterson, William T ^b   Miller, Charles B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Chorion; Eggs; Embryos; Euphausiid; Krill; Perivitelline space

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CRUSTACEAN; EGG; EMBRYO; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SPAWNING; TIME SERIES;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; THYSANOESSA INSPINATA; THYSANOESSA SPINIFERA;

EID: 78650904282     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq028     Document Type: Article

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