Tissue shrinkage of two gelatinous zooplankton, Thalia democratica and Dolioletta gegenbauri (Tunicata: Thaliacea) in preservative

Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Nishikawa, Jun ^a   Terazaki, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doliolids; Gelatinous zooplankton; Preservation; Salps; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004231719     PISSN: 03878961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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