Reproduction, gonad histology, and spawning cycles of North Atlantic billfishes (Istiophoridae)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 668-697

  De Sylva, Donald P ^a   Breder, Priscilla Rasquin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING POPULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ISTIOPHORIDAE; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; MAKAIRA INDICA; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; TETRAPTURUS PFLUEGERI; VERTEBRATA; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 0031544972     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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