Maximum reproductive rate of fish at low population sizes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2404-2419

  Myers, Ransom A ^a   Bowen, Keith G ^a   Barrowman, Nicholas J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING POPULATION;

EID: 0033506899     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-201     Document Type: Article

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