Nucleic acid indices of egg production in the tropical copepod Acartia sinjiensis

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-137

  Gusmão, Luiz Felipe Mendes ^a,b   McKinnon, A David ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acartia sinjiensis; Egg production; Food; RNA content; RNA:DNA ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON; CRUSTACEAN; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ACARTIA SINJIENSIS; ALGAE; CHAETOCEROS MUELLERII; COPEPODA; ISOCHRYSIS; PAVLOVA SALINA; TETRASELMIS CHUII;

EID: 78650214942     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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