Fish Growth

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 1564-1572

  Enberg, K ^a   Dunlop, E S ^b   Jorgensen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asymptotic length; Bioenergetics; Density dependence; Gonado somatic index (GSI); Growth curves; Indeterminate growth; Life history evolution; Life history theory; Metabolism; Reproductive investment; Tradeoffs; von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961127174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00205-6     Document Type: Chapter

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