Demographic structure, sex ratio and growth rates of southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) on the spawning ground

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Farley, Jessica H ^a   Eveson, J Paige ^a   Davis, Tim L O ^a   Andamari, Retno ^b   Proctor, Craig H ^a   Nugraha, Budi ^c   Davies, Campbell R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Institute for Mariculture Research and Development   (Indonesia)

^c Research Institute for Tuna Fisheries   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; THUNNUS MACCOYII; TUNA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TUNA;

EID: 84900446430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096392     Document Type: Article

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