Otolith and fish size relationships, measurement error, and size-selective mortality during the early life of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1663-1673

  Meekan, M G ^a   Dodson, J J ^a   Good, S P ^a   Ryan, D A J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Agency of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISH; JUVENILE; OTOLITH;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0031772733     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-047     Document Type: Article

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