Lipids in the food of a terrestrial snail

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-212

  Wacker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Diet deficiency; Fatty acid; Food quality; Gastropod; PUFA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 29744464363     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2005.9652161     Document Type: Article

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