Reproductive biology and ecology of shortspine thornyhead rockfish, Sebastolobus alascanus, and longspine thornyhead rockfish, S. altivelis, from the northeastern Pacific Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-136

  Pearson, Katherine E ^a   Gunderson, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadosomatic index (GSI); Instantaneous rate of natural mortality (M); Length at 50 maturity; Life history parameters

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

SEBASTOLOBUS ALASCANUS; SEBASTOLOBUS ALTIVELIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141838832     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025623426858     Document Type: Article

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