Elsevier, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 1(265), p. 101-115, 2001
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0981(01)00327-6
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A protocol for combined analysis of cholecystokinin (CCK) levels based on radioimmunoassay (RIA) and fluorescence tryptic enzyme activity (FTA) was developed in order to accomplish a sensitive analysis of individual bodies and gut segments of fish larvae. Methanol was used for CCK extraction. The gut of herring larvae contained 8.9±1.2 fmol CCK/mg dry weight and in the post-larval Atlantic halibut the CCK levels varied significantly (p