Marbled lungfish growth rates in Lake Baringo, Kenya, estimated by mark-recapture

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 443-449

  Dunbrack, R ^a   Green, J M ^a   Mlewa, C M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Age; Growth rate; Lungfish; Protopterus aethiopicus

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAKE BARINGO; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS;

EID: 33645119717     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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