Relationship between latitude and growth of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus in Lake Biwa, Japan

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Kao, Shuh Ji ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; PERCIFORM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BIWA LAKE; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 84861567328     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.049.0104     Document Type: Article

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