Seasonal changes of the RNA/DNA ratio, size and lipid contents and immigration adaptability of Japanese glass-eels, Anguilla japonica, collected in northern Kyushu, Japan

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Kawakami, Y ^a   Mochioka, N ^a   Kimura, R ^b   Nakazono, A ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endogenous nutrition; Glass eel; Lipid; Nutritional status; Otolith microstructure; RNA DNA ratio

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPID; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; EEL; FEEDING; IMMIGRATION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSSIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033135403     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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