Reproductive biology of the halfmoon grouper, Epinephelus rivulatus, at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 363-376

  Mackie, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinaman cod; Coral reef fish; Gonad development; Protogynous hermaphrodite; Serranidae; Sex change

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; PERCIFORM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

AUSTRALIA;

EPINEPHELUS RIVULATUS;

EID: 0034068032     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007658027359     Document Type: Article

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