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Experimental rearing of pilchard larvae, Sardina pilchardus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. S. Blaxter
Affiliation:
Natural History Department, University of Aberdeen

Extract

After initial trials a technique was devised which made it possible to rear about 12 % of newly hatched larvae of the pilchard Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum) to a point well beyond the yolk-sac stage. A survival rate of this order was considered quite satisfactory for larvae which are so small at hatching.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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