Length-weight relationships for fish populations of a relatively undisturbed tropical estuary: The Gambia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 347-351

  Ecoutin, J M ^a   Albaret, J J ^a   Trape, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Africa; Estuary; Fish; Gambia river; Length weight relationship

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAMBIA; GAMBIA ESTUARY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 15744367826     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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