An otolith-based back-calculation method to account for time-varying growth rate in rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) larvae

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2662-2671

  Sirois, Pascal ^a   Lecomte, Frédéric ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; OTOLITH;

OSMERUS MORDAX; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032450511     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-170     Document Type: Article

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