Maturation and reproductive seasonality in bonefish, Albula vulpes, from the waters of the Florida keys

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 456-465

  Crabtree, Roy E ^a   Snodgrass, Derke ^a   Harnden, Christopher W ^a  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONEFISH; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING;

USA, FLORIDA, FLORIDA KEYS;

ALBULA VULPES;

EID: 0030875270     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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