Daily growth increments in otoliths of juvenile weakfish, Cynoscion regalis: Experimental assessment of changes in increment width with changes in feeding rate, growth rate, and condition factor

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-529

  Paperno, Richard ^a,b   Targett, Timothy E ^a   Grecay, Paul A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITION FACTOR; FEEDING; GROWTH; GROWTH INCREMENT; INCREMENT WIDTH; OTOLITH; OTOLITHS; WEAKFISH;

CYNOSCION REGALIS; CYONASCION REGALIS;

EID: 0030739338     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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