The Affect of Low Tide on the Digestion of Balanus glandula, the Acorn Barnacle
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Sources of invasions of a northeastern Pacific acorn barnacle, Balanus glandula, in Japan and Argentina
Within years of its introduction, the North American barnacle Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854 became an abundant member of rocky intertidal communities in Japan and Argentina. To determine the regional sources of these invasions, we compared mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and nuclear elongation factor 1 alpha (EF1) genotypes of native and introduced populations. Previously des...
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