Courtship and spawning behaviors of carangid species in Belize

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 426-432

  Graham, Rachel T ^a   Castellanos, Daniel W ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Belize)

^b NONE   (Belize)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CARANGIDAE;

EID: 20444396243     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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