Short-term growth (RNA/DNA ratio) of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in relation to environmental influences and spatio-temporal variation in a shallow fluvial lake

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1646-1655

  Glémet, Hélène ^a   Rodríguez, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH MODELING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCID; RNA-DNA RATIO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; SHORE (NONMARINE); SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER LEVEL; WATER MASS;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 48549094248     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-126     Document Type: Article

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