Differences in growth rates among cohorts of Encrasicholina punctifer and Engraulis japonicus larvae in the coastal waters off Tanshui River Estuary, Taiwan, as indicated by otolith microstructure analysis

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1002-1016

  Wang, Yu Tzu ^a   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Encrasicholina punctifer; Engraulis japonicus; Growth rate; Larvae; Otolith; Taiwan; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RECRUITMENT; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EAST CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

ENCRASICHOLINA PUNCTIFER; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0033135647     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.0932     Document Type: Article

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