Age and growth of totoaba, Totoaba macdonaldi (Sciaenidae), in the upper Gulf of California

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 620-628

  Román Rodríguez, Martha J ^a   Hammann, M Gregory ^b  

^a Inst Medio Ambiente Desarrollo S   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

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TOTOABA MACDONALDI;

EID: 0030849838     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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