Variability in spawning frequency and reproductive development of the narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) along the west coast of Australia

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 344-354

  Mackie, Michael C ^a   Lewis, Paul D ^a   Gaughan, Daniel J ^a   Newman, Stephen J ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

PILBARA; SCOMBEROMORUS COMMERSON;

EID: 20444412013     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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