An assessment of burbot (Lota lota) weight-length data from North American popuplations

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 570-575

  Fisher, Shannon J ^a   Willis, David W ^a   Pope, Kevin L ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURBOT; WEIGHT-LENGTH RELATIONSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA;

LOTA LOTA;

EID: 0030472652     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-063     Document Type: Article

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