Reproductive strategies in black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839) from the NE Atlantic;Estrategias reproductivas en el sable negro (Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839) en el Atlántico nordeste

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 19-31

  Neves, Ana ^a   Vieira, Ana Rita ^a   Farias, Inês ^b   Figueiredo, Ivone ^b   Sequeira, Vera ^a   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atresia; Black scabbardfish; Fecundity; Portugal; Skipped spawning

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FISH; GAMETOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

APHANOPUS CARBO; LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 75149192406     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73s2019     Document Type: Article

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