Growth and condition of 0-group European flounder, Platichthys flesus as indicator of estuarine habitat quality

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-98

  Amara, R ^a   Selleslagh, J ^a   Billon, G ^b   Minier, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Université du Havre   (France)

Author keywords

Condition factor; Estuaries; Fish nursery; Growth; Metal pollutants; RNA DNA ratio

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CONDITION FACTOR; CONDITION INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES; ESTUARINE HABITATS; GROWTH; HABITAT QUALITIES; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS; K VALUES; MACROBENTHOS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METAL POLLUTANTS; SEINE ESTUARIES;

CHROMIUM; DNA; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; FISH; GENES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LEAD; MEATS; METALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCEAN HABITATS; POLLUTION; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; ZINC;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BODY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLATFISH; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JUVENILE; MORPHOMETRY; NURSERY GROUND; OTOLITH;

AUTHIE ESTUARY; CANCHE ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORD PAS DE CALAIS; PAS DE CALAIS; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 63949085507     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9717-9     Document Type: Article

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