Nucleic acid content as a potential growth rate estimator of antarctic krill; results from field-caught krill from the Indian sector of the Southern ocean

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-305

  Shin, Hyoung Chul ^a   Nicol, Stephen ^b   King, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; DNA; Growth rate; Moult; Nutritional status; RNA

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0942289005     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240310001614402     Document Type: Article

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