Failure of total body electrical conductivity to predict lipid content of brook trout

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 942-947

  Novinger, Douglas C ^a   Rio, Carlos Martinez Del ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIPID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0033429862     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0942:FOTBEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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