Annual and lunar-synchronized ovarian activity in two rabbitfish species in the Chuuk lagoon, Micronesia

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Park, Yong Ju ^a   Takemura, Akihiro ^a   Lee, Young Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chuuk lagoon; Lunar cycle; Micronesia; Reproduction; Siganus argenteus; Siganus spinus

Indexed keywords

CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; SIGANIDAE; SIGANUS ARGENTEUS; SIGANUS SPINUS;

EID: 33645091657     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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