The argonaut shell: Gas-mediated buoyancy control in a pelagic octopus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 2967-2971

  Finn, Julian K ^a,b   Norman, Mark D ^a  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argonaut; Argonauta; Cephalopod; Gas mediated buoyancy; Paper nautilus; Shell

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BUOYANCY; CEPHALOPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; HYDROSTATICS; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SHELL;

ARGONAUTA; ARGONAUTA ARGO; ARGONAUTIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; NAUTILUS; OCTOPUS;

EID: 77956944773     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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