Reproductive investment in the Silurus meridionalis

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 259-271

  Xie, X ^a   Long, T ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Cao, Z ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Teachers Coll   (China)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Fish energetics; Reproduction; Silurus meridionalis; Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031826434     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0699     Document Type: Article

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