Larval and juvenile Australian smelt Retropinna semoni somatic and otolith growth parameters - Implications for growth interpretation of wild fish

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-494

  Tonkin, Z D ^a   Ramsey, D S L ^a   King, A J ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition; Fish otolith size relationship; Freshwater fish; Growth reconstruction

Indexed keywords

RETROPINNA SEMONI;

EID: 49649092644     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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