a comparative assessment of biochemical measures of nutritional condition in pelagic organisms [electronic resource] : oceanic frontal systems as natural laboratories /

oceanic frontal systems offer ideal regions for comparing indices of nutritional condition. by using frontal systems as natural laboratories, the author has found that variability in species' life histories require a multi-technique approach to accurately gauge nutritional condition of individu...

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Main Authors: geiger, stephen p. (stephen patrick), palmm (project)
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Online Access:http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=2508250
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Summary:oceanic frontal systems offer ideal regions for comparing indices of nutritional condition. by using frontal systems as natural laboratories, the author has found that variability in species' life histories require a multi-technique approach to accurately gauge nutritional condition of individuals in the field. college students and adults. thesis (ph. d.)--university of south florida, 1999. includes bibliographical references. introduction -- chapter 1. measures of physiological condition in larval anchovies, anchoa hepsetus, collected in the discharge plume of the mississippi river during the flood of 1993 -- chapter 2. the effect of the receding ice-edge on the condition of copepods in the northwestern weddell sea : results from biochemical assays -- chapter 3. the effect of the receding ice-edge on the condition of midwater fishes in the northwestern weddell sea : results from biochemical assays with notes on diet -- conclusions -- appendix 1 -- vita. oceanic frontal systems offer ideal regions for comparing indices of nutritional condition. by using frontal systems as natural laboratories, the author has found that variability in species' life histories require a multi-technique approach to accurately gauge nutritional condition of individuals in the field. college students and adults. electronic reproduction. s jag SF00000227