Red grouper reproduction in the southern gulf of Mexico

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-402

  Brulé, Thierry ^a   Déniel, Christian ^b   Colás Marrufo, Teresa ^a   Sánchez Crespo, Manuel ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; EPINEPHELUS MORIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032866325     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0385:RGRITS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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