Journal of Fisheries International

Year: 2015
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
Page No. 33 - 38

Fecundity of Some Commercially Important Demersal Fish Species in Ghanaian Coastal Waters, West Africa

Authors : Patrick K. Ofori-Danson, Ali Abdulhakim and Samuel K.K. Amponsah

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