Observations on the histology and photosynthetic performance of "solar-powered" opisthobranchs (mollusca, gastropoda, opisthobranchia) containing symbiotic chloroplasts or zooxanthellae

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-210

  Wägele, Heike ^a   Johnsen, Geir ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Opisthobranchia; Photosynthesis; Pulse amplitude modulated fluorescence; Symbiosis; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ARMINIDAE; CLADOBRANCHIA; DERMATOBRANCHUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PISEINOTECUS;

EID: 0038327935     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00016     Document Type: Article

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