Age, growth and reproduction of cutlassfishes Trichiurus spp. in the southern East China Sea

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1307-1315

  Shih, N T ^a   Hsu, K C ^b   Ni, I H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PISCES; TRICHIURIDAE; TRICHIURUS; TRICHIURUS JAPONICUS; TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS; TRICHIURUS NANHAIENSIS;

EID: 80355132151     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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