Variations in fecundity and egg size of female nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, from man-made lakes of Cote d'Ivoire

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-170

  Duponchelle, Fabrice ^a,b   Cecchi, Philippe ^c   Corbin, Daniel ^c   Nuñez, Jesus ^a,b   Legendre, Marc ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SADC/GEF Lake Malawi   (Malawi)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Instalasi Penelitian Perikanan A   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Fish; Inter annual variations; Reproductive style; Seasonallity

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0033975288     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007575624937     Document Type: Article

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