Gill ultrastructure and salinity tolerance of Caprella spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) inhabiting the Sargassum community

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 966-973

  Takeuchi, Ichiro ^a   Matsumasa, Masatoshi ^b   Kikuchi, Susumu ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Caprella; Gill ultrastructure; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLA; CAPRELLA PENANTIS; CAPRELLA VERRUCOSA; CAPRELLIDEA; CRUSTACEA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 0242457298     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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