Multi-species larval fish growth model based on temperature and fluorometrically derived RNA/DNA ratios: Results from a meta-analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 221-232

  Buckley, L J ^a   Caldarone, E M ^b   Clemmesen, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorometric microplate assay; Growth; Larvae; Multi species meta analysis; Nucleic acids; RNA DNA ratio; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA; FISH; FLUOROMETRY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; RNA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 57849148105     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07648     Document Type: Article

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