Comparison of reproductive indicators and analysis of the reproductive seasonality of the tinfoil barb, Puntius schwanenfeldii, in the Perak River, Malaysia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-380

  McAdam, D Steven O ^a,c   Liley, N Robin ^a   Tan, Eddy S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Life history; Ovarian histology; River regulation; Tropical riverine ecology

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FLOW REGULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

MALAYSIA;

PUNTIUS SCHWANENFELDII;

EID: 0344780849     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007563914300     Document Type: Article

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