Growth and development of nauplii and copepodites of the estuarine copepod Acartia tonsa from southern Europe (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) under saturating food conditions

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-129

  Leandro, Sérgio Miguel ^a   Tiselius, Peter ^b   Queiroga, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acartia tonsa; Postembryonic development times; Ria de Aveiro (Portugal); Somatic growth; Temperature dependent growth model; Weight specific growth rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CRUSTACEAN; EGG; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACARTIA TONSA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA;

EID: 33748990923     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0336-y     Document Type: Article

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