Effect of water temperature and growth variation on the sex ratio of experimentally reared eels

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 203-212

  Holmgren, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla L; Growth hierarchy; Sex ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0000211476     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1996.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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