Variation in the length-weight relationship of 0+ cyprinid fishes in the River Great Ouse, U. K.

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Garner, Paul ^a   Copp, Gordon H ^b  

^a FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Growth; Morphology; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030725717     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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