Field comparison of sardine post-flexion larval growth and biochemical composition from three sites in the W Mediterranean (Ebro river coast, bays of Almería and Málaga)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 79-91

  García, Alberto ^a   Cortes, Dolores ^a   Ramírez, Teodoro ^a   Guisande, Castor ^b   Quintanilla, José ^a   Alemany, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez, José María ^a   Álvarez, Juan P ^a   Carpena, Ángel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; DNA; Growth; Mediterranean; Proteins; RNA; Sardine larvae

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; DNA; GROWTH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OTOLITH; PROTEIN; RNA; SPAWNING;

ALBORAN SEA; ANDALUCIA; BAHIA DE MALAGA; EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF ALMERIA; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33750452678     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s279     Document Type: Article

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