Ammonium content and buoyancy in midwater cephalopods

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 375-387

  Seibel, Brad A ^a   Goffredi, Shana K ^b   Thuesen, Erik V ^c   Childress, James J ^d   Robison, Bruce H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Buoyancy; Cephalopoda; Deep sea; Locomotion; Pelagic

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BUOYANCY; CEPHALOPOD;

BATHYTEUTHIS ABYSSICOLA; BATHYTEUTHIS BERRYI; CAELORINCHUS; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; HISTIOTEUTHIS; HISTIOTEUTHIS HETEROPSIS;

EID: 8444239774     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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