Bioluminescence reaction in the firefly squid, Watasenia Scintillans

Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence: Progress and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 35-38

  Tsuji, Frederick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 84967373169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812702203_0008     Document Type: Chapter

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