Reproductive biology of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) along the East Coast of the United States

Fisheries Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 198-208

  Robillard, Eric ^a   Reiss, Christian S ^b   Jones, Cynthia M ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluefish; Fecundity; Histology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

POMATOMUS SALTATRIX;

EID: 40649116410     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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