Life history of a peripheral population of bluespotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus (holbrook), with comments on geographic variation

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 345-357

  Snyder, Douglas J ^a   Peterson, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; SEX RATIO; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPAWNING;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ENNEACANTHUS GLORIOSUS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0032966671     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0345:LHOAPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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