Body size, food, and temperature affect overwinter survival of age-0 bluegills

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1298-1304

  Shoup, Daniel E ^a,b   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a Kaskaskia Biological Station   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 84867893454     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.621812     Document Type: Article

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