Reproductive cycle, age, and body size at maturity and fecundity of female willowy flounder Tanakius kitaharai

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Narimatsu, Yoji ^a   Yamanobe, Akibumi ^b   Takahashi, Masakazu ^c  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Prefectual Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age and standard length at maturity; Fecundity; Reproductive cycle; Willowy flounder

Indexed keywords

GLYPTOCEPHALUS KITAHARAI; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 33846594776     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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