Cumulative effects of low salinity on larval growth and biochemical composition in an estuarine crab, Neohelice granulata

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Torres, Gabriela ^a,b,c   Giménez, Luis ^c   Anger, Klaus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical composition; Chasmagnathus granulata; Cumulative osmotic stress; Growth; Lipid; Neohelice granulata; Protein

Indexed keywords

CHASMAGNATHUS; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 54849434672     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00033     Document Type: Article

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