Effect of solar ultraviolet radiation (280-400 nm) on the eggs and larvae of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1058-1067

  Béland, France ^a,b   Browman, Howard I ^b,c   Rodriguez, Carolina Alonso ^a,b   St Pierre, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; GADOID; LARVA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CHRISTIA; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033493450     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-039     Document Type: Article

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