Annotated records of scombroid eggs and larvae distribution in northeastern Mediterranean waters

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-29

  Vassilopoulou, V ^a   Siapatis, A ^a   Papaconstantinou, C ^a   Caragitsou, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Eggs; Larvae; Scombroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864241421     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.141     Document Type: Article

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