Length-weight and length-length relationships of the bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus L., in the Turkish part of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 782-784

  Percin F ^a   Akyol, O ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 71749114893     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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