Rates of nitrogen excretion and oxygen consumption in the California sea hare, Aplysia californica

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 231-237

  Idrisi, N ^a,b   Barimo, J F ^a   Hudder, A ^a   Capo, T R ^a   Walsh, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCRETION; GASTROPOD; MOLLUSC; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 33748047811     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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