What makes a late anchovy larva? the development of the caudal fin seen as a milestone in fish ontogeny

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-326

  Somarakis, Stylianos ^a   Nikolioudakis, Nikolaos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLUPEOID; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY; OTOLITH; PATCHINESS; PREY SELECTION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; PISCES;

EID: 76649125860     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp132     Document Type: Article

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