Reproductive dynamics of southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-236

  Farley, Jessica H ^a   Davis, Tim L O ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

THUNNUS ALBACORES; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 0031972223     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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