Comparative studies on the morphometry and physiology of European populations of the lagoon specialist Cerastoderma glaucum (Bivalvia)

Oceanologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-458

  Tarnowska, Katarzyna ^a,b   Wołowicz, Maciej ^a   Chenuil, Anne ^b   Féral, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bivalve; Ecophysiology; Lagoon; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIVALVE; CARBOHYDRATE; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIPID; MORPHOMETRY; PROTEIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM;

EID: 70349532756     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.51-3.437     Document Type: Article

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