Jp. Bergeron et J. Personleruyet, RELATIVE DNA CONTENT OF LARVAL SEA BASS D ICENTRARCHUS-LABRAX - ONTOGENIC CHANGES AND EFFECT OF STARVATION, Aquatic living resources, 10(4), 1997, pp. 247-250
Sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax larvae were hatched and reared for 34 da
ys in the laboratory to test a recent biochemical index (DNA/C) of lar
val fish nutritional condition. Variations in DNA/C ratio values were
monitored during the whole larval ontogenesis of fed individuals and t
he effect of starvation was assessed at three developmental stages. Th
ree main periods in the relative DNA content variations were determine
d in close connection with growth patterns during larval ontogenesis.