The biology and ecology of juvenile pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) associated with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in eastern Mediterranean waters

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Vassilopoulou, V ^a   Siapatis, A ^a   Christides, G ^a   Bekas, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

0 group pilotfish; Daily rings; Diet; Greek waters; Maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888330566     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.211     Document Type: Article

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