Nutritional condition of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus larvae in connection with mesozooplankton feeding catabolism in the southern Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-83

  Bergeron, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Anchovy larvae; Bay of Biscay; DNA C index; Mesozooplankton; Pyruvate kinase; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CARBOHYDRATE; CATABOLISM; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DNA; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORAGE; INGESTION RATE; LARVA; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREY CAPTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

COPEPODA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS;

EID: 68149170827     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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