Nucleic acid contents and growth of first-feeding walleye pollock larvae in response to prey densities typical of sub-arctic ecosystems

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-52

  Canino, M F ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish larvae; Growth; Nucleic acids; Protein; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEIC ACID; PREY DENSITY; PROTEIN; WALLEYE POLLOCK;

THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0031194077     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0409     Document Type: Article

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