Bigger is not always better: Egg size influences survival throughout incubation in brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-177

  Régnier, Thomas ^a   Bolliet, Valérie ^a   Gaudin, Philippe ^a   Labonne, Jacques ^a  

^a Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Egg size; Incubation; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 84875055384     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12018     Document Type: Article

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