Reproductive Dynamics and Potential Annual Fecundity of South Pacific Albacore Tuna (Thunnus alalunga)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Farley, Jessica H ^a   Williams, Ashley J ^b   Hoyle, Simon D ^b   Davies, Campbell R ^a   Nicol, Simon J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATCH FECUNDITY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORK LENGTH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POTENTIAL ANNUAL FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; SPAWNING FREQUENCY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; TUNA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OOCYTES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; TUNA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 84875658589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060577     Document Type: Article

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