Ruffe length-weight relationships with a proposed standard weight equation

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 850-858

  Ogle, Derek H ^a   Winfield, Ian J ^b  

^a NORTHLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DATA SET; GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; PERCID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; EUROPE; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS;

EID: 79954564657     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-176.1     Document Type: Article

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