Estimates of body sizes at maturation and at sex change, and the spawning seasonality and sex ratio of the endemic Hawaiian grouper (Hyporthodus quernus, F. Epinephelidae)

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-134

  de Martini, Edward E ^a   Everson, Alan R ^a   Nichols, Ryan S ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

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EPINEPHELUS QUERNUS;

EID: 78751482941     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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