Reproductive biology and spawning strategy of the catadromous percichthyid, Macquaria colonorum (Günther, 1863)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-486

  Walsh, Chris T ^a,b   Gray, Charles A ^a   West, Ron J ^b   Williams, Lindsay F G ^c  

^a Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Batch fecundity; Gonadosomatic index; Group synchronous; Macquaria colonorum; Maturity; Percichthyidae

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; COASTAL ZONE; FECUNDITY; MATURATION; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RIVER WATER; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY;

AUSTRALIA;

MACQUARIA COLONORUM; PERCICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 85027922793     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9807-1     Document Type: Article

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