Associations between sensory development and ecology in three species of clupeoid fish

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-144

  Higgs, Dennis M ^a,b   Fuiman, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0032477860     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447709     Document Type: Article

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