Use of multivariate analysis to assess the nutritional condition of fish larvae from nucleic acids and protein content

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-349

  Cunha, Isabel ^a   Saborido Rey, Fran ^b   Planas, Miquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SCOPHTHALMUS; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0038380202     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543604     Document Type: Article

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