Reproductive biology of white mullet, Mugil curema (Valenciennes) in the Southern Caribbean

Fisheries Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 133-138

  Solomon, Farahnaz N ^a   Ramnarine, Indar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Gonadal development; Mugil curema; Reproductive biology; Southern Caribbean; Trinidad; White mullet

Indexed keywords

MUGIL CUREMA; PARIA;

EID: 35748929404     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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