Heat tolerance in Mediterranean land snails: Histopathology after exposure to different temperature regimes

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Dittbrenner, Nils ^a   Lazzara, Raimondo ^a   Köhler, Heinz R ^a   Mazzia, Christophe ^b   Capowiez, Yvan ^b   Triebskorn, Rita ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Steinbeis Transfer Center for Ecotoxicology and Ecophysiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHELL; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

CERNUELLA VIRGATA; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; THEBA PISANA; XEROPICTA DERBENTINA;

EID: 58449107797     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyn033     Document Type: Article

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