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Original Articles

Reproductive effort, fecundity and energy allocation in two species of the genus Perinereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae)

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Pages 125-131 | Received 09 May 1997, Accepted 12 Dec 1997, Published online: 01 Dec 2010

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