Reproductive biology of the dolphin fish Corphaena hippurus on the east coast of Taiwan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 784-793

  Wu, Chuen Chi ^a   Su, Wei Cheng ^a   Kawasaki, Tsuyoshi ^b,c  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dolphin fish; Fecundity; Reproduction; Sex ratio; Spawning season

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039298151     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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