Morphology of the rectal gland of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) shark in response to feeding

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 440-452

  Matey, Victoria ^a   Wood, Chris M ^b,c,d   Dowd, Wesley ^e   Kültz, Dietmar ^e   Walsh, Patrick J ^c,d,f  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEEDING; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECRETION; SHARK;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 68149141850     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-030     Document Type: Article

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