Size structure and reproductive variation of the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus over a relatively small geographic range along the Dhofar coast in the Sultanate of Oman

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1085-1091

  Mohan, R ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOBSTER; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARABIAN SEA; DHOFAR; OMAN;

DECAPODA; PANULIRUS HOMARUS;

EID: 0031401772     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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