Ageing the European lobster Homarus gammarus by the lipofuscin in its eyestalk ganglia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 99-111

  Sheehy, M R J ^a   Shelton, P M J ^a   Wickins, J F ^b   Belchier, M ^a   Gaten, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Confocal; Eyestalk ganglia; Fluorescence; Homarus gammarus; Lipofuscin; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

HOMARUS GAMMARUS; DECAPODA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; EYESTALK GANGLIA; LIPOFUSCIN; LOBSTER;

EID: 0030302948     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps143099     Document Type: Article

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