RNA–DNa ratio in scales from juvenile cod provides a nonlethal measure of feeding condition

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-17

  Smith, Todd R ^a   Buckley, Lawrence J ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GADOID; GROWTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RNA-DNA RATIO;

GADIFORMES; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0037237376     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2003)132<0009:RDRISF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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