Physiological functioning of carbonic anhydrase in the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-264

  Goffredi, Shana K ^a,b   Girguis, Peter R ^a   Childress, James J ^a   Desaulniers, Nicole T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYPTILA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 0032993009     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542950     Document Type: Article

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