Reproductive biology of gag in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1505-1520

  Brule T ^a   Deniel C ^b   Colas Marrufo T ^a   Renan X ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

First maturity; Mycteroperca microlepis; Sex change; Southern Gulf of Mexico; Spawning season

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX REVERSAL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

MICROLEPIS; MYCTEROPERCA; MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS;

EID: 2642588325     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2003.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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