Bigger? Fatter? Or is faster growth better? Considerations on condition in larval and juvenile coral-reef fish

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-273

  Suthers, Iain M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition; Coral reefs; Fish; Growth; Health; Larvae; Otolith growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444422914     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00730.x     Document Type: Article

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