The use of hepatic and somatic indices and histological information to characterize the reproductive dynamics of Atlantic sardine sardina pilchardus from the Portuguese coast

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-144

  Nunes, Cristina ^a   Silva, Alexandra ^a   Soares, Eduardo ^a   Ganias, Konstantinos ^b  

^a Inst de Investigacao Pescas do Mar   (Portugal)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 79955668418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2011.556911     Document Type: Article

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