Effect of female size on fecundity and egg size in white-spotted charr: Comparison between sea-run and resident forms

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1140-1142

  Morita, K ^a   Takashima, Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg size; Fecundity; Female size; Salmonids

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY;

SALVELINUS LEUCOMAENIS;

EID: 0032213125     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0777     Document Type: Article

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