Reproductive biology of the vulnerable species Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces: Sciaenidae)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-81

  Grau, Amàlia ^a   Linde, Marta ^b   Grau, Antoni Ma ^a  

^a Govern de les Illes Balears ^*  (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic islands; Histology; Mediterranean Sea; Reproduction; Sciaena umbra; Spawning period; Teleostean fishes

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; TELEOST;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PISCES; SCIAENA UMBRA; SCIAENIDAE; TELEOST FISH;

EID: 67649547260     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1067     Document Type: Article

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