Drumming, courtship, and spawning behavior in captive weakfish, Cynoscion regalis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Connaughton, Martin A ^a,b   Taylor, Malcolm H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNOSCION REGALIS;

EID: 0029660046     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1446957     Document Type: Article

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