On the life history of a cyprinid fish, Labeo cylindricus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-225

  Weyl, Olaf L F ^a   Booth, Anthony J ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gonadosomatic index; Growth; Maturity; Migration; Mortality; Sex ratio; Spawning; Von Bertalanffy growth model

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA;

LABEO CYLINDRICUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0032997603     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007543319416     Document Type: Article

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