Life histories of closely related amphidromous and non-migratory fish species: A trade-off between egg size and fecundity

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1162-1177

  Closs, Gerard P ^a   Hicks, Andy S ^a   Jellyman, Phillip G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Maternal investment; Reproductive strategy; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COTTIDAE; ELEOTRIDAE; GALAXIIDAE; GOBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876499499     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12116     Document Type: Article

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