Growth, reproduction and population structure of Diplotaxodon limnothrissa in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Kanyerere, Geoffrey Z ^a,b   Weyl, Olaf L F ^a   Booth, Anthony J ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Fisheries Research Unit   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Length at maturity; Mortality; Ndunduma; Von Bertalanffy growth model

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; DIPLOTAXODON LIMNOTHRISSA;

EID: 24144445692     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085910509503832     Document Type: Article

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