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Resistance to Drying in Aquatic Mollusks

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Morphological, behavioral, physiological, and biochemical adaptations of marine and freshwater mollusks favoring their survival in conditions of drying were reviewed.

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Alyakrinskaya, I.O. Resistance to Drying in Aquatic Mollusks. Biology Bulletin 31, 299–309 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIBU.0000030153.33353.77

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