Production of Excirolana armata (Dana, 1853) (Isopoda, Cirolanidae) on an exposed sandy beach in southeastern Brazil

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-274

  Petracco, Marcelo ^a   Cardoso, Ricardo Silva ^b   Turra, Alexander ^a   Corbisier, Thais Navajas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Excirolana armata; Gonad production; P B ratio; Sandy beaches; Somatic production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

CIROLANIDAE; EXCIROLANA; EXCIROLANA ARMATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 84865426747     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-011-0268-x     Document Type: Article

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