Field and laboratory determinations of hypoxic effects on RNA-DNA ratios of bluegill

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 433-442

  Aday, D Derek ^a,b   Rutherford, D Allen ^a   Kelso, William E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FISH; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOXIA;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0034068890     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)143[0433:FALDOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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