Fluctuating asymmetry in the otoliths of larval anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and the use of developmental instability as an indicator of condition in larval fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 191-203

  Somarakis, Stylianos ^a,b   Kostikas, Ioannis ^b   Peristeraki, Nota ^a   Tsimenides, Nikolaos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Condition; Engraulis encrasicolus; Fluctuating asymmetry; Larvae; Northern Aegean Sea; Otoliths

Indexed keywords

ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS;

ANCHOVY; CONDITION; DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GROWTH; OTOLITH; OTOLITH MICROSTRUCTURE;

AEGEAN SEA;

EID: 0030618569     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps151191     Document Type: Article

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