Seasonal changes in the liver of a non-hibernating population of water frogs, Pelophylax kl. esculentus (Anura: Ranidae)
Seasonal variation of liver glycogen, lipids and melanomacrophages were investigated in a non-hibernating population of Pelophylax kl. esculentus from Calabria by histochemical methods and computer-assisted image analysis. Twenty individuals of both sexes were sampled in a tank in Roseto Capo Spulic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-01-01
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Series: | The European Zoological Journal |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2017.1395482 |