Age-specific mortality rates in reef fishes: Evidence and implications

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-245

  Caley, M J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Demography; Life history evolution; Mortality schedules; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444385294     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00726.x     Document Type: Article

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