Reproductive biology of Bigeye Tuna, Thunnus obesus, (Scombridae) in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Zhu, Guoping ^a   Dai, Xiaojie ^a   Xu, Liuxiong ^a   Zhou, Yingqi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bigeye tuna; Maturity; Pacific Ocean; Reproduction; Sex development; Sex ratio; Spawning

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FISHING VESSEL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGLINING; MATURATION; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 77953020946     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9636-7     Document Type: Article

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