Biometric relationships between body size and bone lengths in fish prey of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra: Chub Leuciscus cephalus and perch Perca fluviatilis

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-112

  Copp, Gordon H ^a,b   Kováč, Vladimír ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cyprinids; Dietary preferences; Percids; River Lee

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CYPRINID; PERCID; REGRESSION;

IRELAND;

CYPRINIDAE; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LUTRA LUTRA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037246333     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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