Selected chemo-ecological studies of marine opisthobranchs from Indian coasts

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 403-415

  Fontana, Angelo ^a   Ciavatta, Maria L ^a   D'Souza, Lisette ^b   Mollo, Ernesto ^a   Naik, Chandra G ^b   Parameswaran, P S ^b   Wahidulla, Solimabi ^b   Cimino, Guido ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Indo pacific ocean; Molluscs; Opisthobranchs; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPOSITION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; METABOLITES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CHEMO-ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; INDO-PACIFIC OCEAN; MARINE OPISTHOBRANCHS; MOLLUSCS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 0345303767     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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