Preserving young-of-the-year Perca fluviatilis in ethanol, formalin, or in a frozen state and the consequences for measuring morphometrics

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 740-744

  Konig U ^a   Borcherding, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 84866340718     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.01958.x     Document Type: Article

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