Length-weight relationships of Dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus and Wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri: Seasonal effects of spawning and possible migration in the central North Pacific

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 19-29

  Uchiyama, James H ^a   Boggs, Christofer H ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ACANTHOCYBIUM SOLANDRI; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE;

EID: 39549093110     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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