The role of latero-frontal cirri in particle capture by the gills of Mytilus edulis

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 368-376

  Silverman, Harold ^b   Lynn, John W ^b   Beninger, Peter G ^a   Dietz, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING MECHANISM; FILTER FEEDER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLLUSC;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0033404343     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542791     Document Type: Article

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