Growth, consumption, and productivity of the California killifish in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Mexico

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1068-1077

  Perez Espana H ^a   Galvan Magana F ^a   Abitia Cardenas L A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consumption; Fundulus parvipinnis; Growth; Length frequency; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA KILLIFISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH CURVE; PRODUCTIVITY; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE, OJO DE LIEBRE LAGOON;

FUNDULUS PARVIPINNIS;

EID: 0032079156     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0649     Document Type: Article

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