Application of the triacylglycerol/sterol condition index to the interpretation of larval lobster Homarus americanus distribution in close proximity to Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 1999, Pages 239-254

  Harding, Gareth C ^a   Fraser, Angus J ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

American lobster larvae; Condition index; Georges Bank; Gulf of Maine; Homarus americanus; Sterols; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; LARVA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 0033578588     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps186239     Document Type: Article

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