Spawning frequency, fecundity and spawning potential of the whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri in Trinidad, West Indies

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-164

  Manickchand Heileman, Sherry C ^a,b   Ehrhardt, Nelson M ^c  

^a Institute of Marine Affairs Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Marine Biology Division ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI;

FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; SPAWNING FREQUENCY; WHITEMOUTH CROAKER;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TRINIDAD; WEST INDIES, TRINIDAD;

EID: 0029667821     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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