Questioning the use of biochemical extraction to measure lipofuscin for age determination of crabs: Comment on Ju et al. (1999, 2001)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 353, Issue , 2008, Pages 303-306

  Sheehy, Matt R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Biochemical extraction; Crabs; Error; Histology; Lipofuscin quantification; Protein normalization; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 39349108407     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07352     Document Type: Note

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