Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) three decades of research

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-227

  Gimenez Casalduero F ^a   Muniain, C ^b   Gonzalez Wanguemert M ^c   Garrote Moreno, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemicals ecology; Elysia timida; Environmental stress; Genetic divergence; Kleptoplasts; Poecilogonic specie

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CHLOROPLAST; COASTAL LAGOON; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DECADAL VARIATION; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GASTROPOD; GENETIC VARIATION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MAR MENOR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ACETABULARIA ACETABULUM; ELYSIA TIMIDA; MOLLUSCA; THALASSOMA PAVO;

EID: 80053244711     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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