The temporal dimension in fish recruitment: Birth date, body size, and size-dependent survival in a sunfish (bluegill: Lepomis macrochirus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 360-367

  Cargnelli, Luca M ^a   Gross, Mart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

BLUEGILL; RECRUITMENT;

CANADA, ONTARIO, LAKE OPINICON;

EID: 0030442427     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-193     Document Type: Article

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