Morphometrics and energetic value of Adriatic ascidians

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Gabriele, Marco ^a   Putrone, Vincenzo ^a   Brunetti, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Biochemical composition; Energetics; Morphometric measurements

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENERGETICS; MORPHOMETRICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ADRIATIC SEA;

ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 0031420450     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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