Nitric oxide inhibits metamorphosis in larvae of Crepidula fornicata, the slippershell snail

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-171

  Pechenik, Jan A ^a   Cochrane, David E ^a   Li, Wei ^a   West, Emily T ^b   Pires, Anthony ^b   Leppo, Maia ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; SNAIL;

CREPIDULA FORNICATA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 35548965629     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066632     Document Type: Article

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