Field and laboratory observations on larval Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1026-1034

  Post, James T ^a   Serafy, Joseph E ^a   Ault, Jerald S ^a   Capo, Thomas R ^a   De Sylva, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIA; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0031544948     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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