Validation of a method for estimating realized annual fecundity in a multiple spawner, the long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus), using underwater visual census

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Curtis, Janelle M R ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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HIPPOCAMPUS GUTTULATUS;

EID: 34848813187     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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