Reproduction biology of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca (L.)) - A review

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Lappalainen, Jyrki ^a   Dorner, H ^b   Wysujack, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Maturity; Migrations; Spawning behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FECUNDITY; PERCID; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING;

ANIMALIA; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0038270579     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2003.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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