Testing hypotheses about fecundity, body size and maternal condition in fishes

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-130

  Koops, Marten A ^a   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^b   McIntyre, Tara M ^b  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Brook trout; Egg production; Fecundity; Maternal condition; Model selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

FONTINALIS; GADIDAE; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942623977     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2004.00149.x     Document Type: Review

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