Lipids and fatty acids as indicators of egg condition, larval feeding and maternal effects in Cape hakes (Merluccius paradoxus and M. capensis)

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1005-1017

  Grote, Britta ^a,b   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Lipinski, Marek R ^c   Verheye, Hans M ^c,d   Stenevik, Erling K ^e   Ekau, Werner ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EGG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LIPID; MATERNAL EFFECT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAMPLING; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

GADIFORMES; MERLUCCIUS CAPENSIS; MERLUCCIUS PARADOXUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 79955055683     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1626-6     Document Type: Article

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