Ultrastructural changes in the gill epithelium of the crab Chasmagnathus granulatus (Decapoda: Grapsidae) in diluted and concentrated seawater

Marine Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 753-760

  Luquet, C M ^a   Genovese, G ^a   Rosa, G A ^a   Pellerano, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; SALINITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE;

EID: 0036933907     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0860-3     Document Type: Article

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