The use of a point-count technique to quantify the egg assemblage in Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865) ovaries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 228-237

  Montgomery, S S ^a   Stewart, J ^a   Blount, C ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b The Ecology Lab Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decapoda; Egg production; Penaeidae; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; PRAWN FISHERY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MELICERTUS PLEBEJUS; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 33845798696     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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