Effect of size and sex on buoyancy in th
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M. L. Fine; J. W. McKnight; C. R. Blem
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Article
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1995
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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In 1991 we examined the developmental consequences of swimbladder growth and sexual dimorphism on specific gravity (SG) and percent buoyancy (%B) in the oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau Linnaeus collected in the York River, Virginia) and tested the hypothesis that large ovaries compensate for the buoyan