Length-weight relationship and maturity of the Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus from the Adriatic Sea (Eastern Mediterranean);Relations taille-poids et maturité chez le maquereau atlantique Scomber scombrus de la Mer Adriatique (Méditerranée Orientale)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Bottari, Teresa ^a   Rinelli, Paolo ^a   Giordano, Daniela ^a   Greco, Silvestro ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Ist Centrale Ric Sci/Tecnologia Appl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Length weight relationship; Maturity; Scomber; Scombrus; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; SEXUAL MATURITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SCOMBER; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 2442458873     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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