Reproductive output of male seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis, from Wellington Harbour, New Zealand: Implications for conservation

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 881-888

  Woods, Chris M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brood size; CITES; Hippocampus abdominalis; Juveniles; Minimum size limit; Pouch volume; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON HARBOUR; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND]; WORLD;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS ABDOMINALIS; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 22944463004     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517359     Document Type: Article

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