Growth variability of juvenile soles Solea solea and Solea senegalensis, and comparison with RNA:DNA ratios in the Tagus estuary, Portugal

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1551-1562

  Fonseca, V F ^a   Vinagre, C ^a   Cabral, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Growth variability; Nutritional condition; RNA:DNA ratio; Solea senegalensis; Solea solea

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; RNA-DNA RATIO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SOLEA SOLEA; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 33745314762     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.001042.x     Document Type: Article

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