Temperature and relative humidity effects on water loss and emersion tolerance of Perna perna (L.) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-150

  Hicks, David W ^a   McMahon, Robert F ^b  

^a Texas A and M Corpus Christi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERSION; EVAPORATION; MOLLUSC; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 0042568686     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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