Shields against ultraviolet radiation: An additional protective role for the egg capsules of benthic marine gastropods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 81-95

  Rawlings, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg capsules; Gastropoda; Nucella emarginata; Reproduction; UV

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA; NUCELLA EMARGINATA;

EID: 0029811768     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps136081     Document Type: Article

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