Geographic and sex-specific variation in growth of yellow-eyed mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri, from estuaries around New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1277-1285

  Curtis, Thomas D ^a   Shima, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aldrichetta forsteri; Geographic variability; Latitudinal gradient; Sex specific growth rates; Size at age

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALDRICHETTA FORSTERI;

EID: 30744436075     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517392     Document Type: Article

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