Botryllid tunicates: Culture techniques and experimental procedures

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-120

  Epelbaum, Anya ^a   Therriault, Thomas W ^a   Paulson, Amber ^b   Pearce, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botrylloides; Botryllus; Culture techniques; Golden star tunicate; Violet tunicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549112308     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.1.12     Document Type: Article

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