Carbon content and nutritional condition of sardine larvae (Sardina pilchardus) off the Atlantic coast of Spain

Marine Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 367-373

  Coombs, S H ^a   Conway, D V P ^a   Morley, S A ^b   Halliday, N C ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CARBON; CLUPEOID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SPAIN;

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 0032805431     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050553     Document Type: Article

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