Quantitative proteomics study of larval settlement in the Barnacle Balanus amphitrite.

Barnacles are major sessile components of the intertidal areas worldwide, and also one of the most dominant fouling organisms in fouling communities. Larval settlement has a crucial ecological effect not only on the distribution of the barnacle population but also intertidal community structures. Ho...

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Main Authors: Zhang-Fan Chen, Huoming Zhang, Hao Wang, Kiyotaka Matsumura, Yue Him Wong, Timothy Ravasi, Pei-Yuan Qian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3923807?pdf=render