Elemental (C, N and P) analysis of metamorphosing bonefish (Albula sp.) leptocephali: Relationship to catabolism of endogenous organic compounds, tissue remodeling, and feeding ecology

Marine Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Pfeiler, E ^a   Lindley, V A ^a   Elser, J J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBULA LEPTOCEPHALI;

EID: 0031704526     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050368     Document Type: Article

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