Meta-analysis of growth rates for a circumpolar fish, the northern pike (Esox lucius), with emphasis on effects of continent, climate and latitude

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 521-532

  Rypel, Andrew L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dams; Esox lucius; Habitat; Impoundment; Lakes; Latitude; Phylogenetics; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; PISCES;

EID: 84865716974     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2012.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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