Spawning seasonality of albacore, Thunnus alalunga, in the South Pacific ocean

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 725-733

  Ramon, Darlene ^a   Bailey, Kevin ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

ALBACORE; SEASONALITY; SPAWNING;

PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030302846     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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