Implications of stunting on morphology of freshwater fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 564-579

  Chizinski, C J ^a   Pope, K L ^b   Wilde, G R ^a   Strauss, R E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body shape; Lepomis cyanellus; Morone americana; Morphometry; Stunted fishes

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCIFORMES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCIFORMES;

LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; MORONE AMERICANA; PISCES;

EID: 77449134758     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02498.x     Document Type: Article

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