The relationship between body weight and natural mortality in juvenile and adult fish: A comparison of natural ecosystems and aquaculture

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 627-642

  Lorenzen, K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allometry; aquaculture; body weight; ecosystem; mortality; predation

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BODY WEIGHT; FISH; FISH FARMING; MORTALITY; NATURAL MORTALITY; PREDATION; WILD FISH;

EID: 0030251369     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0192     Document Type: Article

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