Annual, lunar and diel reproductive periodicity of a spawning aggregation of snapper Pagrus auratus (Sparidae) in a marine embayment on the lower west coast of Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1359-1378

  Wakefield, C B ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cockburn Sound; Egg ontogeny; Environment; Ichthyoplankton; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; MOON; OOCYTE; PERCIFORMES; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; TSUNAMI;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; MOON; OVUM; PERCIFORMES; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 79952197538     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02756.x     Document Type: Article

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