Perireceptor mechanisms sustaining olfaction at low salinities: Insight from the euryhaline blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 445-456

  Gleeson, Richard A ^a   Wheatly, Michele G ^b   Reiber, Carl L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetasc; Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Dendrites; Olfaction; Osmotic effects; Perireceptor mechanisms; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 0030778806     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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