A sea anemone's environment affects discharge of its isolated nematocysts

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-281

  Greenwood, Paul G ^a   Balboni, Imelda M ^a   Lohmann, Cynthia ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acontia; Cnidaria; Discharge; Environment; Feeding; Nematocyst; Salinity; Sea anemone

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; POPULATION; SALINITY; SEA ANEMONE;

ACONTIA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; CALLIACTIS; CALLIACTIS TRICOLOR; CNIDARIA;

EID: 0037306016     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00262-3     Document Type: Article

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