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Studies on the digestive cycle of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.) with special reference to the b cells in the hepatopancreas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

S. P. Hopkin  and
J. A. Nott
S. P. Hopkin
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
J. A. Nott
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
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Aspects of the digestive cycle of Carcinus maenas have been studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray microanalysis and light microscopy. Movements of ingested material have been followed by feeding the crabs with Mytilus edulis (L.) labelled with colloidal particles of gold or thorium oxide.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 891 - 907
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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