Responses of two semiterrestrial isopods, Ligia exotica and Ligia taiwanensis (Crustacea) to osmotic stress

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-146

  Tsai, Min Li ^a   Dai, Chang Feng ^b   Chen, Hon Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ligia; Osmotic stress; Terrestrial colonization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMOLYMPH; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

LIGIA EXOTICA; LIGIA TAIWANENSIS;

EID: 0031239594     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00451-3     Document Type: Article

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