Egg-mass gel of Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh) protects embryos from low salinity

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Woods, H Arthur ^a   DeSilets Jr , Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG MASS; EMBRYO; GEL; SALINITY;

GASTROPODA; MELANOCHLAMYS DIOMEDEA;

EID: 0031284505     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542936     Document Type: Article

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