Estimating recent growth in the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis: Are nucleic acid-based indicators for growth and condition the method of choice?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-51

  Melzner, Frank ^a,c   Forsythe, John W ^b   Lee, Phillip G ^b   Wood, James B ^b   Piatkowski, Uwe ^a   Clemmesen, Catriona ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Growth; RNA DNA; Sepia officinalis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; RNA-DNA RATIO;

SEPIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 14844309687     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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