Biological Reviews

Volume 34, Issue 2 pp. 221-242

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THE RESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF FISH POPULATIONS

SHELBY D. GERKING, 

SHELBY D. GERKING

Department of Zoology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A

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SHELBY D. GERKING, 

SHELBY D. GERKING

Department of Zoology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A

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First published: May 1959

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.1959.tb01289.x

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