Determining the indeterminate: Evolving concepts and methods on the assessment of the fecundity pattern of fishes

Fisheries Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-30

  Ganias, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Applied fish reproductive biology; Determinate and indeterminate fecundity; Egg production methods; Fecundity patterns

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 84871735823     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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