Melanin concentrations in vendace (Coregonus albula) and whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) larvae from five boreal lakes with different optical properties

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-201

  Häkkinen, Jani ^a   Korhonen, Hennamaarit ^a   Oikari, Aimo ^a   Karjalainen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBULA; COREGONUS ALBULA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0141993485     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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