Size and organic content of eggs of marine annelids, and the underestimation of egg energy content by dichromate oxidation

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Pernet, Bruno ^a,c   Jaeckle, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECHINODERM; EGG SIZE; ENERGETICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; FRAXINUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344643880     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543629     Document Type: Article

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