Effects of photosynthesis on the survival and weight retention of two kleptoplastic sacoglossan opisthobranchs

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 209-215

  Yamamoto, Shoko ^a   Hirano, Yayoi M ^b   Hirano, Yoshiaki J ^b   Trowbridge, Cynthia D ^c   Akimoto, Ayana ^a   Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Yusa, Yoichi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

animal; chloroplast symbiosis; Elysia trisinuata; kleptoplasty; Mollusca; Plakobranchus ocellatus; solar powered sea slug

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010140346     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315412000628     Document Type: Article

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