Regional analysis of body size and population density in stream fish assemblages: Testing predictions of the energetic equivalence rule

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1350-1360

  Knouft, Jason H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; STREAM;

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EID: 0036433916     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-110     Document Type: Article

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