The life history of the tropical shad Tenualosa toli from Sarawak: First evidence of protandry in the clupeiformes?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-242

  Blaber, Stephen J M ^a   Milton, David A ^a   Pang, Josephine ^b   Wong, Philip ^b   Boon Teck, Ong ^b   Nyigo, Lolin ^c   Lubim, David ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Kompleks Negeri   (Malaysia)

^c SEDC   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Age; Diet; Distribution; Ecology; Estuaries; Growth; Hermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIFORMES; COPEPODA; TENUALOSA TOLI;

GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFE HISTORY; PROTANDRY; TERUBOK;

MALAYSIA, SARAWAK;

EID: 0029660744     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00004998     Document Type: Article

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