Effects of hypoxia on consumption, growth, and RNA: DNA ratios of young yellow perch

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1574-1586

  Roberts, James J ^a,b,f   Brandt, Stephen B ^c   Fanslow, David ^b   Ludsin, Stuart A ^b   Pothoven, Steven A ^d   Scavia, Donald ^a   Höök, Tomas O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HYPOXIA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCID; RNA-DNA RATIO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ANIMALIA; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 84859428904     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.638576     Document Type: Article

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