Fish growth: Bertalanffy k is proportional to reproductive effort

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-187

  Charnov, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auximetric plot; Dimensionless; Life history; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECUNDITY; FISH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

EID: 56749101846     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9315-5     Document Type: Article

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