Size-dependent rate of protogynous sex change in the pomacanthid angelfish, Centropyge potteri

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1996, Pages 209-212

  Lutnesky, Marvin M F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROPYGE POTTERI; POMACANTHIDAE;

EID: 0029660041     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1446961     Document Type: Article

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