Variation in fish growth characteristics along a river course

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Przybylski, Miroslaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

chub; growth; pike; river zones; roach

Indexed keywords

CHUB; GROWTH PATTERN; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; PIKE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE INDEX; ROACH;

POLAND, WARTA RIVER;

ESOX LUCIUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 0029660079     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00023666     Document Type: Article

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