Correlates of growth in juvenile three-spined sticklebacks: Potential predictors of growth rates in natural populations

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Ali, M ^a   Wootton, R J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition indices; Lipid; Predictive regressions; RNA: DNA ratio; Specific growth rate; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

FISH; GROWTH RATE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0037337775     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2003.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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