Biology and metabolism of Glyptonotus antarcticus (Eights) (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

Polar Bioscience

Volumn , Issue 19, 2006, Pages 29-42

  Janecki, Tomasz ^a   Rakusa Suszczewski, Stanisław ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chemoreception; Glyptonotus antarcticus; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; GLYPTONOTUS ANTARCTICUS; ISOPODA;

EID: 33644883632     PISSN: 13446231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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