Use of body components during starvation in Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Lares, M T ^a   Pomory, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinoderms; Sea urchin; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; GONAD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA URCHIN; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0031810235     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00216-5     Document Type: Article

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