Maturation and reproductive biology of female wild carp, Cyprinus carpio, in Victoria, Australia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-332

  Sivakumaran, Kathiravelu P ^a   Brown, Paul ^b   Stoessel, Daniel ^c   Giles, Annie ^c  

^a Marine/Freshwater Resources Inst   (Australia)

^b Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age; Annual fecundity; Egg size; Multiple spawning; Ovarian development; Spawning

Indexed keywords

AGE; CYPRINID; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRINUS CARPIO; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0344736727     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027381304091     Document Type: Article

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