C/N data as an indicator of condition in marine fish larvae

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-179

  Westernhagen, Hein V ^a   Freitas, Christine ^a   Fürstenberg, Gudrun ^a   Willführ Nast, Jutta ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CARBON:NITROGEN RATIO; FISH; LARVA;

BLENNIUS PAVO; BRACHIONUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0031727414     PISSN: 09441921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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