Aggregation Effects on Anhydrobiotic Survival in the Tardigrade Richtersius coronifer

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Ivarsson, Helen ^a   Jönsson, K Ingemar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; RICHTERSIUS CORONIFER; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 1042291359     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.20018     Document Type: Article

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