Magnetic orientation and navigation in marine turtles, lobsters, and molluscs: concepts and conundrums

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 539-546

  Cain, Shaun D ^a,b   Boles, Larry C ^a   Wang, John H ^a   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DIOMEDEA; GASTROPODA; LOBSTER; MOLLUSCA; PALINURIDAE; TESTUDINES; TRITONIA DIOMEDIA;

EID: 22844448754     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.3.539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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