Reproductive biology of female bigeye tuna thunnus obesus in the western pacific ocean

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 250-271

  Sun, C L ^a   Yeh, S Z ^a   Chang, Y J ^a   Chang, H Y ^a   Chu, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Batch fecundity; Ovarian development; Sex ratio; Size at maturity; Spawning frequency; Spawning season

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84881088581     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12161     Document Type: Article

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