RNA CONTENT O F THE ANTARCTIC KRILL (EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA DANA), A N ESTIMATOR O F NATURAL GROWTH RATE
Abstract: The ribonucleic acid (RNA) content of the krill was measured on specimens collected during the KAIYO-MARU cruise to the Wilkes Land, Antactica, January 1980. Of 41 specimens analysed, the RNA content varied from 2.5 to 8.2 % of body protein (mean: 5.1%). A higher RNA content was seen in sm...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.501.7522 http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~penguin/polarbiosci/issues/pdf/1989-Ikeda.pdf |