Does salinity affect somatic growth in early juvenile atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus (L.)?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Peterson, Mark S ^a   Comyns, Bruce H ^a   Rakocinski, Chet F ^a   Fulling, Gregory L ^a  

^a Fisheries Ecology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Otoliths; Salinity; Sciaenidae; Somatic

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GROWTH; RECRUITMENT; SALINITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FISH; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; SALINITY; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0033562887     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00173-7     Document Type: Article

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