A morphometric study of the salt gland in freshwater- and saltwater-adapted eider ducks (Somateria mollissima)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 395-402

  Bøkenes, Lise ^a   Mercer, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0032522548     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980415)280:6<395::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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