Male fitness, body size and timing of reproduction in smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieui

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-128

  Wiegmann, Daniel D ^a,c   Baylis, Jeffrey R ^a   Hoff, Michael H ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Park Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative tactics; Body size; Centrarchidae; Fitness; Growth; Life history; Micropterus dolomieui; Selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MALE FITNESS; MARK-RECAPTURE; REPRODUCTION; SMALLMOUTH BASS; SPAWNING;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEUI;

EID: 0030738590     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265983     Document Type: Article

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