The origin and development of individual size variation in early pelagic stages of fish

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-67

  Huss, Magnus ^a   Persson, Lennart ^a   Byström, Pär ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort competition; Growth; Larval fish; Perca fluviatilis; Within cohort size variation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EGG SIZE; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; PERCID; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; OOCYTE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; OVUM; PERCIFORMES;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 34447633158     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0719-x     Document Type: Article

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