Ovarian weight as an index of fecundity, maturity, and spawning periodicity

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 150-156

  Jons, G D ^a   Miranda, L E ^a  

^a Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

fecundity; gonadosomatic index; maturity; ovarian weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030992993     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0287     Document Type: Article

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