Relative abundance, diet and growth of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and roach (Rutilus rutilus) at Tvärminne, northern Baltic Sea, in 1975 and 1997: Responses to eutrophication?

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-118

  Lappalainen, Antti ^a   Rask, Martti ^a   Koponen, Heikki ^b   Vesala, Sami ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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