Seasonal changes in physiological responses and evaluation of "well-being" in the Venus clam Chamelea gallina from the Northern Adriatic Sea

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-440

  Moschino, Vanessa ^a   Marin, Maria Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bivalves; Chamelea gallina; Clearance rate; Condition index; Respiration rate; Scope for growth; Survival in air

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CHAMELEA GALLINA; CLAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; WELLBEING;

BIVALVIA; CHAMELEA GALLINA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 33751006133     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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