Tales of two fish: The dichotomous biology of crucian carp (Carassius carassius (L.)) in northern Europe

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Holopainen, Ismo J ^a   Tonn, William M ^b   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS CARASSIUS;

CRUCIAN CARP; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE;

EUROPE, (NORTH);

EID: 0030620190     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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