Why are there no really big bony fishes? A point-of-view on maximum body size in teleosts and elasmobranchs

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 403-416

  Freedman, Jonathan A ^a   Noakes, David L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraints; Demersal; Growth; Ontogeny; Pelagic; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIMITING FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TELEOST;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; MOLA; MOLA MOLA; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; RHINCODON; RHINCODON TYPUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0141460661     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025365210414     Document Type: Article

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