Reproductive biology of southwestern Atlantic wreckfish, Polyprion americanus (Teleostei: Polyprionidae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-173

  Peres, Mônica B ^a   Klippel, Sandro ^b  

^a Centro de Estudos de Aids / DST do Rio Grande do Sul (CEARGS)   (Brazil)

^b Talha mar Projetos Ambientais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deep sea fish; Fecundity; Life cycle closure; Migration; Sexual maturity; Southern brazil; Spawning aggregation; Spawning season

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FISH; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; POLYPRION AMERICANUS; POLYPRIONIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344304463     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000003845.43700.29     Document Type: Article

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