Ovarian atretic rates and sexual maturity of European horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (L.), in the Saronikos Gulf (Greece)

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-76

  Karlou Riga, Constantina ^a   Economidis, Panos S ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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