Inherent growth capacity and social costs of bluegill and hybrids of bluegill and green sunfish: Which fish really grows faster?

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-46

  Hayward, R S ^a   Wang, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AQUACULTURE; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; CROSS BREEDING; DAY LENGTH; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE AND GROWTH REGULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036172651     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8454(2002)064<0034:IGCASC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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