Factors influencing the timing and frequency of spawning and fecundity of the goldlined seabream (Rhabdosargus sarba) (Sparidae) in the lower reaches of an estuary

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 648-660

  Hesp, S Alexander ^a   Potter, Ian C ^a   Schubert, Sonfa R M ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SALINITY; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SWAN ESTUARY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

CYGNUS; RHABDOSARGUS; RHABDOSARGUS SARBA; SPARIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7244247203     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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