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Growth and Sex Differentiation Relationship in the European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)


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1 Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Passeig Marítim, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
 

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  • Growth and Sex Differentiation Relationship in the European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

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N. Díaz
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Passeig Marítim, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
L. Ribas
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Passeig Marítim, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
F. Piferrer
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Passeig Marítim, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4iS8%2F30794