Growth, morphology and life history traits of a cool-water European population of pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 585-614

  Copp, Gordon H ^a,b,c   Fox, Michael G ^d   Kováč, Vladimír ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Dietary overlap; Ecomorphology; Egg shrinkage due to formaldehyde; Intra specific competition; Latitudinal clines; Maturity; Predation

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; POND;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036918508     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/155/2002/585     Document Type: Article

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