Ecological and nutritional implications of the mandibular structure in the Antarctic calanoid copepod Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902: An ultrastructural study

Polar Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-12

  Romano, P ^b   Feletti, M ^a   Mariottini, G L ^a   Carli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRIDIA GERLACHEI;

EID: 0033025278     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050384     Document Type: Article

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