Thirty years of using the postovulatory follicles method: Overview, problems and alternatives

Fisheries Research

Volumn 117-118, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-74

  Ganias, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass estimation; Daily egg production method; Postovulatory follicles; Spawning frequency

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX;

EID: 84856439764     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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