Age determination and growth of picarel (Spicara smaris) from the Cretan continental shelf (Greece)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-421

  Vidalis, K ^a,b   Tsimenidis, N ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age determination; Age validation; Growth; Hermaphroditism; Periodicity; Spicara smaris (Centracanthidae)

Indexed keywords

CENTRACANTHIDAE; PISCES; SPICARA SMARIS;

EID: 0030561493     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(96)00488-2     Document Type: Article

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