Age and growth of Diplodus vulgaris (Sparidae) in the Gulf of Tunis

Cybium

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-45

  Mouine, Nejla ^a   Ktari, Mohamed Hédi ^a   Chakroun Marzouk, Nadia ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Age; Age at maturity; Diplodus vulgaris; Growth; Gulf of tunis; MED; Sparidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955119321     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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