Temperature effects on growth and nucleic acids in laboratory-reared larval coregonid fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 259, Issue , 2003, Pages 285-293

  Malzahn, A M ^a,b   Clemmesen, C ^a   Rosenthal, H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coregonus; Larvae; RNA:DNA ratio; Temperature effects; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEIC ACID; REARING; RNA-DNA RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS OXYRHINCHUS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141994562     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps259285     Document Type: Article

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