Year-round reproduction in a seasonal sea: Biological cycle of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata in the Western Mediterranean

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 221-230

  Pineda, M Carmen ^a   López Legentil, Susanna ^a   Turon, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FILTER FEEDER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIPPING; VERTEBRATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; STYELA PLICATA;

EID: 84871921421     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2082-7     Document Type: Article

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