Brooding and development of Anasterias minuta (Asteroidea: Forcipulata) in Patagonia, Argentina

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2589-2602

  Gil, Damián G ^a   Escudero, Graciela ^b   Zaixso, Héctor E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; ECHINODERM; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; INCUBATION; LARVA; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK POOL; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

PATAGONIA;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; FORCIPULATIDA;

EID: 80255135626     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1760-1     Document Type: Article

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