Life-history variations in the fluvial sculpin, Cottus nozawae (cottidae), along the course of a small mountain stream

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Goto, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Fish; Individual growth; Mark and recapture; Phenotypic plasticity; Population density; Restricted movement; Sex ratio; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

COTTUS NOZAWAE;

EID: 0031904386     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007347631573     Document Type: Article

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