Relationship between Batch Fecundity and Egg Size in Japanese Sardine Sardinops melanostictus in Tosa Bay and off Kii Channel, southwestern Japan from 1990 to 1993

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-227

  Morimoto, Haruyuki ^a  

^a Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batch fecundity; Egg size; Hydrated oocyte; Japanese sardine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141847987     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.220     Document Type: Article

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