Changes in the probability density function of larval fish body length following preservation

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 633-640

  Pepin, Pierre ^a   Dower, John F ^b   Leggett, William C ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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