Sex ratios, size at sexual maturity, and spawning seasonality of sailfish Istiophorus platypterus from eastern Taiwan

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 727-737

  Chiang, Wei Chuan ^b   Sun, Chi Lu ^a   Yeh, Su Zan ^a   Su, Wei Cheng ^b   Liu, Don Chung ^b   Chen, Wen Yie ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISHERY SURVEY; PERCIFORM; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING POPULATION; TUNA FISHERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS;

EID: 33846467087     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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