THE RELATION OF BODY WEIGHT TO BODY SURFACE AREA IN MARINE FISHES
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- 1 October 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 105 (2) , 285-288
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1538643
Abstract
The value of K in the formula S = K w⅔ has been determined for 39 species of marine teleosts representing 25 families. The values of K are in general higher for depressed and compressed species than for more streamlined fusiform fishes.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- BODY SIZE AND METABOLIC RATEPhysiological Reviews, 1947