Intraspecific variations in size- and age-at-maturity for red bandfish, Cepola macrophthalma

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-160

  Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Fish; Intraspecific variations; Length at maturity

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FISH; GROWTH; SIZE AT MATURITY;

CEPOLA MACROPHTHALMA;

EID: 0033048562     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007594719450     Document Type: Article

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