A snapshot of the population structure of Branchiostoma lanceolatum in the Racou beach, France, during its spawning season

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Desdevises, Yves ^a   Maillet, Vincent ^a   Fuentes, Michael ^a   Escriva, Hector ^a  

^a France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FRANCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SANDY SOIL; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHORDATA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; BREEDING; CHORDATA; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79954551003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018520     Document Type: Article

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