A bioenergetics-based approach to explain largemouth bass size in tropical reservoirs

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1535-1545

  Neal, J Wesley ^a   Noble, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; SPAWNING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GREATER ANTILLES; JAPAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL; PUERTO RICO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 34247635843     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-258.1     Document Type: Article

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