Age and growth of Japanese sardine Sardinops melanostictus in Tosa Bay, south-western Japan during a period of declining stock size

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 745-754

  Morimoto, Haruyuki ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Condition factor; Declining stock size; Density dependent; Growth; Sardine

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; SARDINOPS; SARDINOPS MELANOSTICTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141790836     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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