Ultrastructure and transport-related enzymes of the gills and coxal gland of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-250

  Henry, Raymond P ^a   Jackson, Susan A ^b,c   Mangum, Charlotte P ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0030475968     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542927     Document Type: Article

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