Size, age and spawning frequency of landlocked arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.) in Svartvatnet, Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Gullestad, Nils ^a   Klemetsen, Anders ^b  

^a Department of Arctic Ecology ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0002421764     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1997.tb00250.x     Document Type: Article

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