Skeletal anomalies in reared European fish larvae and juveniles. Part 1: Normal and anomalous skeletogenic processes

Reviews in Aquaculture

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Boglione, Clara ^a   Gavaia, Paulo ^b   Koumoundouros, Giorgos ^c   Gisbert, Enric ^d   Moren, Mari ^e   Fontagné, Stéphanie ^f   Witten, Paul Eckhard ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone tissue; Cartilage; Juveniles; Larvae; Mineralization; Ossification; Skeletal anomaly; Skeletogenesis

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84878377872     PISSN: 17535123     EISSN: 17535131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/raq.12015     Document Type: Review

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