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
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