Growth among larvae of lanternfishes (teleostei: myctophidae) from the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-135

  Conley, Walter J ^a   Gartner Jr , John V ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BENTHOSEMA SUBORBITALE; CERATOSCOPELUS TOWNSENDI; HYGOPHUM TAANINGI; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM SELENOPS; NOTOLYCHNUS VALDIVIAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 58149492839     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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