Steroid metabolism in Antarctic soft corals

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-82

  Slattery, M ^a,b   Hines, G A ^a   Watts, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 0030944759     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050161     Document Type: Article

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