Information-theory approach to allometric growth of marine organisms

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 949-959

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Thessalou Legaki, Maria ^a   Karlou Riga, Constantina ^b   Lefkaditou, Eugenia ^c   Dimitriou, Evagelos ^d   Verriopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Greece)

^c National Centre for Marine Research   (Greece)

^d Prefecture of Aitoloakarnania   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ALLOMETRY; BIVALVE; CRAB; DATA SET; GROWTH MODELING; MORPHOMETRY; PERCIFORM;

BIVALVIA; CALLIANASSIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PACHYGRAPSUS MARMORATUS; PECTEN JACOBAEUS; PESTARELLA TYRRHENA; PINNA NOBILIS; PISCES; SPARUS AURATA; TODARODES SAGITTATUS; TODAROPSIS EBLANAE; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

EID: 34248158216     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0529-4     Document Type: Article

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