RNA content of copepods as a tool for determining adult growth rates in the field

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 465-470

  Saiz, Enric ^a   Calbet, Albert ^a   Fara, Angela ^a   Berdalet, Elisa ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; GROWTH RATE; METHODOLOGY; RNA; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA GRANI; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031813318     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.3.0465     Document Type: Article

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