Relationships amongst length, weight and growth of north-eastern New Zealand reef fishes

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-260

  Taylor, Richard B ^a   Willis, Trevor J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; FISH; GROWTH;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031848384     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97016     Document Type: Article

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