Histology of the developing digestive system and the effect of food deprivation in larval green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-89

  Gisbert, Enric ^a,b,c   Doroshov, Serge I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Acipenser medirostris; Digestive system; Histology; Larvae; Starvation

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; STARVATION;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS;

EID: 0038686892     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(03)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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