Age structured populations Alfred James Lotka (1880- 1949) Vito Volterra (1860-1940)
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Todd Seamons and Tom Quinn University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Individual lifetime reproductive success of repeat spawners.
Age structured populations
Todd Seamons and Tom Quinn University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
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