Reconstructing the lengths of juvenile Atlantic salmon from atlas bones: Estimating the parr to smolt ratio from regression analyses revisited

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 134-138

  Mlddlemas, S J ^a,b   Armstrong, J D ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Mergus spp.; Predation; Salmo salar; Sawbill ducks

Indexed keywords

ANAS; MERGUS; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 59449091762     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2001.1816     Document Type: Article

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