Ovarian allometry and the use of the gonosomatic index: A case study in the Mediterranean sardine, Sardina pilchardus

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Somarakis, S ^a   Ganias, K ^b   Tserpes, G ^c   Koutsikopoulos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 11244308083     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1419-2     Document Type: Article

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