Population variables and life-history characteristics of the alligator pipefish Syngnathoides biaculeatus, in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 806-819

  Barrows, A P W ^a   Martin Smith, K M ^b,c   Baine, M S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Life history strategy; Reproduction; Seagrass; Syngnathid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALLIGATOR; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHOIDES BIACULEATUS;

EID: 62349102676     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02158.x     Document Type: Article

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