Responses to low salinity by the sea star Pisaster ochraceus from high- and low-salinity populations

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-390

  Held, Mirjam B E ^a   Harley, Christopher D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Feeding rates; Mortality; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTEROIDEA; PISASTER OCHRACEUS;

EID: 71749104414     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2009.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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