Use of the fluorochrome calcein as an in situ growth marker in the brown mussel Perna perna

Marine Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 455-460

  Kaehler, S ^a   McQuaid, C D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERNA PERNA;

EID: 0032944419     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050485     Document Type: Article

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