Effect of variable food levels on reproductive performance of breeding female three-spined sticklebacks

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1040-1053

  Ali, M ^a   Wootton, R J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg size; Fecundity; Inter spawning interval; Liver; Ovaries

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0032752667     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.1114     Document Type: Article

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