Lifetime energy budget in the sea hare Aplysia oculifera

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-212

  Plaut, Itai ^a,b,c   Borut, Arieh ^b   Spira, Micha E ^a,b  

^a Interuniversity Institute of Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aplysia oculifera; Energy budget; Growth; Oxygen consumption; Red Sea; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003091095     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02053-5     Document Type: Article

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