High contents of trimethylamine oxide correlating with depth in deep-sea teleost fishes, skates, and decapod crustaceans

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-25

  Kelly, Robert H ^a   Yancey, Paul H ^a  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033011365     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543162     Document Type: Article

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