Gut evacuation rates and pigment destruction in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Perissinotto, R ^a   Pakhomov, E A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA;

EID: 0029738345     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00350759     Document Type: Article

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