Preservation-induced changes in morphometrics of fishes: Influence on prey size-choice in juvenile walleye, Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Peterson, M S ^a,b   VanderKooy, S J ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile walleye; Morphometric; Preservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346404430     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1996.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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