Body distribution and source of mycosporine-like amino acids in the cyclopoid copepod Cyclops abyssorum tatricus
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Plankton Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1464-3774,0142-7873
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr037