Growth-dependent survival mechanisms during the early life of a temperate seabass (Lateolabrax japonicus): Field test of the 'growth-mortality' hypothesis

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-242

  Shahidul Islam, M D ^a,b   Ueno, Masahiro ^a   Yamashita, Yoh ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Bigger is better'; 'Growth mortality'; Hypothesis; Japanese seabass; Larval stage duration; Lateolabrax japonicus; Selective survival

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS; PISCES;

EID: 77954106879     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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