Is the fast growth of an equatorial Micropterus salmoides population explained by high water temperature?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-238

  Britton, J R ^a   Harper, D M ^b   Oyugi, D O ^c  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Gonadosomatic Index; Invasive, non native; Largemouth bass; Von Bertalanffy growth model

Indexed keywords

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 77954138115     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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