Effect of Sea Water Temperature on Variability of Batch Fecundity in Japanese Anchovy from Coastal Waters around Miura Peninsula, Central Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-495

  Imai, Chifumi ^a   Tanaka, Syoiti ^b  

^a NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batch fecundity; Japanese anchovy, ovarian egg size frequency distribution; Reproductive strategy; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA;

EID: 0346542643     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.489     Document Type: Article

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