Mucocyte distribution and relationship to particle transport on the pseudolamellibranch gill of Crassostrea virginica (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 133-138

  Beninger, Peter G ^a   Dufour, Suzanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Feeding; Gill; Mucus

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0029787684     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137133     Document Type: Article

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