Movements and spawning of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 659-669

  Prince, Eric D ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^b   Orbesen, Eric S ^a   Luthy, Stacy A ^b   Llopiz, Joel K ^b   Richardson, David E ^b   Serafy, Joseph E ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; MONA PASSAGE;

CANA; ISTIOPHORIDAE; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS;

EID: 28244495911     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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