Fish growth and degree-days I: Selecting a base temperature for a within-population study

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-55

  Chezik, Kyle A ^a,c   Lester, Nigel P ^b   Venturelli, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84891696952     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0295     Document Type: Article

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