On the edge of death: Rates of decline and lower thresholds of biochemical condition in food-deprived fish larvae and juveniles

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-24

  Meyer, S ^a   Caldarone, E M ^b   Chicharo M A ^c   Clemmesen, C ^d   Faria, A M ^e   Faulk, C ^f   Folkvord, A ^g   Holt, G J ^f   Hoie H ^g   Kanstinger, P ^a   Malzahn, A ^h,i   Moran, D ^j   Petereit, C ^d   Stottrup J G ^k   Peck, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Mortality threshold; Percentile approach; RNA DNA ratio; Starvation rate; Time to death

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY THRESHOLD; PERCENTILE APPROACH; RNA-DNA RATIO; STARVATION RATE; TIME TO DEATH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; FISH; MEATS; RNA; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY SIZE; DATA ACQUISITION; FISH; FOOD LIMITATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

PISCES;

EID: 84455205710     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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