Reproductive biology of yellowfin tuna T. albacares in the west-central Indian Ocean

Journal of Ocean University of China

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Zhu, Guoping ^a,b   Xu, Liuxiong ^a,b   Zhou, Yingqi ^a   Song, Liming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Key Laboratory of Oceanic Fisheries Resources Exploitation   (China)

Author keywords

Reproductive biology; Sex ratio; T. albacares; West centralIndian Ocean; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 48449097296     PISSN: 16725182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11802-008-0327-3     Document Type: Article

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