Evidence of billfish reproduction in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 705-717

  González Armas, Rogelio ^a   Klett Traulsen, Alexander ^b   Hernández Herrera, Agustín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LARVA; MATURATION; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNA FISHERY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 33846495539     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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