Anatomical and physiological factors affecting the swim-bladder cross-section of the sardine Sardina pilchardus

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 280-287

  Machias, A ^a   Tsimenides, N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 0008745026     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-188     Document Type: Article

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