Connection between egg size and early mortality in arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus

Aquaculture

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 315-317

  Jónsson, Bjarni ^a   Svavarsson, Einar ^b  

^a Inst of Freshw Fish at Holar   (Iceland)

^b Holar College   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Alevins; Arctic chart; Egg size; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; EGG SIZE; MORTALITY;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 18144453558     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00312-4     Document Type: Article

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