Gonadal development, allometric growth and ecological impact of Appendicularia sicula (Appendicularia: Fritillariidae) from the south-western Atlantic Ocean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1215-1220

  Aguirre, Gastón E ^a,b   Capitanio, Fabiana L ^a,b   Viñas, María D ^b,c   Esnal, Graciela B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALLOMETRY; AUTOTROPHY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLEARANCE RATE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HISTOLOGY; INGESTION RATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; PLANKTON; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

APPENDICULARIA SICULA; FRITILLARIA (APPENDICULARIAN); FRITILLARIA PELLUCIDA; FRITILLARIIDAE;

EID: 33748184232     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406014214     Document Type: Article

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