A compacted culture system for a marine model polychaete (Platynereis dumerilii)

Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-146

  García Alonso, Javier ^a,b   Smith, Brian D ^b   Rainbow, Philip S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Feeding; Marine model organisms; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880409591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18099009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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