RNA:DNA ratios as indicators of nutritional condition in the copepod Calanus finmarchicus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 173-181

  Wagner, M ^a   Durbin, E ^a   Buckley, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Copepods; Growth; Nutrition; RNA:DNA ratios

Indexed keywords

CYTOGENETICS; DNA ANALYSIS; GROWTH; RNA ANALYSIS;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS;

EID: 0032509957     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps162173     Document Type: Article

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