Length-weight relationship of obscure puffer (takifugu obscurus) during spawning migration in the yangtze river, China

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-352

  Yang, Zhou ^a   Chen, Yafen ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MIGRATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPAWNING;

CHINA;

TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU OBSCURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242275989     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2003.9663969     Document Type: Article

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