Relationship of RNA/DNA ratio and temperature to growth in larvae of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 262, Issue , 2003, Pages 229-240

  Caldarone, Elaine M ^a   St Onge Burns, Jeanne M ^a   Buckley, Lawrence J ^b  

^a National Marine Fisheries Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cod; Growth; Larvae; RNA DNA ratio; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

DNA; GADOID; GROWTH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GADIFORMES; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344668785     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps262229     Document Type: Article

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