Modelling seasonal increments in size to determine the onset of annual growth in fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-168

  Gagne S ^a   Rodriguez M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age classes; Akaike information criterion; Backcalculation; Hard structures; Lake St Pierre; Model comparisons

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 46749085540     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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