Partial fin-clipping as an effective tool for tissue sampling seahorses, Hippocampus spp.

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1427-1432

  Woodall, Lucy C ^a,c   Jones, Rachel ^b   Zimmerman, Brian ^b   Guillaume, Samantha ^b   Stubbington, Teague ^b   Shaw, Paul ^a   Koldewey, Heather J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genetics; Hippocampus kuda; partial fin clipping; sampling; seahorse

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CLIPPING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; RED LIST; SAMPLING; TELEOST;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA;

EID: 84865974721     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411001810     Document Type: Article

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