Narrow size regime among individuals favors rapid growth in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) juveniles

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1891-1897

  Seppä, Teija ^a   Peuhkuri, Nina ^a   Hirvonen, Heikki ^a   Laurila, Anssi ^a   Piironen, Jorma ^b   Ranta, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0001006578     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-121     Document Type: Article

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