Adaptations and lifestyle in polar marine environments: A biological challenge for the study of fish evolution

Polar Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-10

  Verde, Cinzia ^a   Cocca, Ennio ^a   de Pascale, Donatella ^a   Parisi, Elio ^a   di Prisco, Guido ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HEMOGLOBIN; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POLAR REGION;

ANTARCTICA;

GADUS MORHUA; NOTOTHENIOIDEI;

EID: 3042784207     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2004.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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