Reproductive biology of little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque), from the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 551-554

  Kahraman, A E ^a   Alicli, T Z ^a   Akayli, T ^a   Oray, I K ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRNC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 52149098821     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2008.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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