Sexual and local variation in head morphology of snapper, Pagrus auratus, sparidae, in the Shark Bay region of Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Moran, M ^a   Burton, C ^a   Caputi, N ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PAGRUS AURATUS;

EID: 0033014945     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98031     Document Type: Article

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