Growth, diet and condition of corkwing wrasse and rock cook on the west coast of Scotland

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-94

  Sayer, M D J ^a   Gibson, R N ^a   Atkinson, R J A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrolabrus exoletus; Crenilabrus melops; diet; gonadosomatic index; growth; hepatosomatic index; Labridae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030197590     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0137     Document Type: Article

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