A fast, non-invasive method of measuring growth in tadpoles using image analysis

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-58

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Connell, Leah L ^a   Grosse, Andrew ^a   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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