The growing degree-day and fish size-at-age: The overlooked metric

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-385

  Neuheimer, Anna B ^a   Taggart, Christopher T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DATA SET; ECTOTHERMY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; METHODOLOGY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 34248181475     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-003     Document Type: Review

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