Length-weight relationships of 40 freshwater fish species from two decades of monitoring in Flanders (Belgium)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1416-1421

  Verreycken, H ^a   Van Thuyne, G ^a   Belpaire, C ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PISCES; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 80355144505     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01815.x     Document Type: Note

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