Factors influencing growth and survival of the killifish, Rivulus marmoratus, held inside enclosures in mangrove swamps

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 661-668

  Dunson, William A ^a   Dunson, David B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; GROWTH; MANGROVE; SURVIVAL;

RIVULUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 0033517084     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447598     Document Type: Article

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