Growth variability of morphometric characters in perch Perca fluviatilis and its relation to microhabitat use

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-132

  S̃edivá, Alena ^a,c   Kováč, Vladimír ^a   Copp, Gordon H ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Developmental thresholds; Ecomorphology; Metabiotic phase; Ontogeny; Organism to environment relationships

Indexed keywords

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 0033911993     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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