Assessing arm regeneration and its effect during the reproductive cycle in the gregarious brittle-star Ophiothrix fragilis (Echinodermata)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-280

  Morgan, Raphael ^a   Jangoux, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Oosterschelde; Ophiothrix fragilis; Ophiuroid; Regeneration; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; REGROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; OOSTERSCHELDE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

ECHINODERMATA; OPHIOTHRIX; OPHIOTHRIX FRAGILIS; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 8644281175     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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