Age and growth of the snipefish, Macrorhamphosus spp., in the Portuguese continental waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-153

  Borges, Lisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

MACRORHAMPHOSUS GRACILIS; MACRORHAMPHOSUS SCOLOPAX;

EID: 0034066585     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315499001666     Document Type: Article

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