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Observations on spawning byEuphausia crystallorophias from waters adjacent to Enderby Land (East Antarctica) and speculations on the early ontogenetic ecology of neritic euphausiids

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Harrington, S.A., Thomas, P.G. Observations on spawning byEuphausia crystallorophias from waters adjacent to Enderby Land (East Antarctica) and speculations on the early ontogenetic ecology of neritic euphausiids. Polar Biol 7, 93–95 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00570446

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