Crecimiento y maduración sexual de Astyanax fasciatus (Pisces: Characidae) en el embalse Arenal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 855-859

  Jamett, Margarita Mora ^a   Peña, Jorge Cabrera ^a   Bogantes, William Alvarado ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Arenal reservoir; Astyanax fasciatus; Characidae; Growth; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042678489     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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