Sexual maturity, sex ratio, and size composition of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, caught by the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 489-506

  DeMartini, Edward E ^a   Uchiyama, James H ^a   Williams, Happy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIZE EFFECT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0033866384     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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