Relationship between otolith size and body size for Hawaiian reef fishes

Pacific Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-539

  Longenecker, Ken ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BODY SIZE; FISH; OTOLITH; PISCIVORE; REEF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

PISCES;

EID: 53449101265     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[533:RBOSAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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