Age and growth of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in waters off eastern Taiwan

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-263

  Chiang, Wei Chuan ^a   Sun, Chi Lu ^a   Yeh, Su Zan ^a   Su, Wei Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH; PERCIFORM; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; PERCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342423307     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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