Effect of salinity on larval development and survival of the Caspian Sea barnacle, Balanus improvisus Darwin (1854)

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1103-1107

  Nasrolahi, Ali ^a,b,c   Farahani, Farzane ^b   Saifabadi, Sayed Jafar ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c Member of Young Research Club of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Balanus improvisus; Caspian sea; Larval development; Salinity; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARNACLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; SALINITY; SEA; SURVIVAL;

BALANUS IMPROVISUS; CHAETOCEROS CALCITRANS; THORACICA;

EID: 33845865523     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.1103.1107     Document Type: Article

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