Spawning and fecundity of king weakfish, Macrodon ancylodon, in the Río de la Plata estuary, Argentina-Uruguay

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 443-447

  Militelli, M I ^a   Macchi, G J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MACRODON ANCYLODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942469952     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009427h     Document Type: Article

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