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Length-weight relationships of 55 mesopelagic fishes from the eastern tropical North Atlantic: Across- and within-species variation (body shape, growth stanza, condition factor)

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  • 1. Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2. Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Bremerhaven, Germany

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Czudaj, Stephanie, Möllmann, Christian, Fock, Heino O. (2022): Length-weight relationships of 55 mesopelagic fishes from the eastern tropical North Atlantic: Across- and within-species variation (body shape, growth stanza, condition factor). Journal of Fish Biology 101 (1): 26-41, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15068, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15068

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