Reproductive patterns, sex ratio, and fecundity in gag, Mycteroperca microlepis (Serranidae), a protogynous grouper from the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-427

  Collins, L Alan ^a   Johnson, Allyn G ^a   Koenig, Christopher C ^a   Baker Jr , M Scott ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FISH; PROTOGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS;

EID: 0031816038     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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