Reproductive biology and protandrous hermaphroditism in Acanthopagrus latus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-272

  Alex Hesp, S ^a   Potter, Ian C ^a   Hall, Norman G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fecundity; gonadal changes; spawning period; spawning potential ratio

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PROTANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHOPAGRUS; ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; ACANTHOPAGRUS LATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142728528     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000033344.21383.00     Document Type: Article

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