Measurement of crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone levels in the edible crab Cancer pagurus during emersion stress

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1579-1585

  Webster, S G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer pagurus; crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH); emersion stress; radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029831637     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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