Post mortem shrinkage of four species of temperate and tropical marine fishes, without freezing or preservation

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1435-1449

  Morison, A K ^a   Brown, I W ^b   Jones, G K ^c  

^a Marine/Freshwater Resources Inst   (Australia)

^b Southern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthopagrus butcheri; Length change after death; Lethrinus miniatusr; Minimum legal size; Sillaginodes punctata; Sillago ciliata

Indexed keywords

PRESERVATION;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; CILIOPHORA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LETHRINUS; LETHRINUS MINIATUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PISCES; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA; SILLAGO; SILLAGO CILIATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 2342466674     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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