Effect of gut contents and lipid degradation on condition measures in larval fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 27-35

  Lochmann, Steve E ^a,c   Maillet, Gary L ^a   Taggart, Christopher T ^a   Frank, Kenneth T ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Biochemical measures; Condition indices; Degradation; Gut contents; Iatroscan TLC FID; Lipid composition; Marine larvae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029783320     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134027     Document Type: Article

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