Age and growth of Lessepsian rabbitfish from the eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Bariche, Michel ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; OTOLITH; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; SIGANUS LURIDUS; SIGANUS RIVULATUS;

EID: 17644396371     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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