Patterns of ontogenetic changes in relative growth in the precocial cyprinid, bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-124

  Reichard, Martin ^a,b   Jurajda, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allometric growth; Body shape; Larval and juvenile periods; Life history; Morphometric characters; Precocial form

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH; ONTOGENY;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; RHODEUS; RHODEUS SERICEUS;

EID: 0032753440     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854299505632     Document Type: Article

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