Use of gonad indices to estimate the status of reproductive activity of female swordfish, Xiphias gladius: A validated classification method

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-84

  Hinton, Michael G ^a   Taylor, Ronald G ^b   Murphy, Michael D ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0030890346     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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