Reproductive seasonality, fecundity, and spawning frequency of tautog (Tautoga onitis) in the lower Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters of Virginia

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 424-442

  White, Geoffrey G ^a,b   Munroe, Thomas A ^c   Austin, Herbert M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Atl States Mar Fish Commission   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ONITIS; TAUTOGA ONITIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038176462     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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