Mussel attachment on rocky shores: The effect of flow on byssus production

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 801-807

  Carrington, Emily ^a   Moeser, Gretchen M ^a   Thompson, Sean B ^a,b   Coutts, Laura C ^a   Craig, Carrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODIOLUS MODIOLUS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 57349126483     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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