Spatial and seasonal variation in reproductive indices of the clupeids Limnothrissa miodon and Stolothrissa tanganicae in the Congolese waters of northern Lake Tanganyika
Mulimbwa N’Sibula, T.; Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie, R.D. Congo, P.O. Box 73, Uvira, Democratic Republic Congo
Milec, L.J.M.; Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, N-8049, Norway
Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity & Toxicology, Agoralaan gebouw D, Diepenbeek, 3590, Belgium
Sarvala, J.; Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, FI-20014, Finland
Plisnier, Pierre-Denis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Chemical Oceanography Unit (COU)
Marwa, B.; Regional Director of Fisheries & Aquaculture, Lake Tanganyika Authority Secretariat (Burundi, D.R. Congo, Tanzania & Zambia), P.O Box 4910 Ngagara, Bujumbura, Burundi
Micha, J.-C.; Ecole Regionale post-universitaire d’Aménagement et de gestion intégrés des Forêts Tropicales (ERAIFT), UNIKIN, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo, Namur University (UNamur), Namur, Belgium
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Spatial and seasonal variation in reproductive indices of the clupeids Limnothrissa miodon and Stolothrissa tanganicae in the Congolese waters of northern Lake Tanganyika
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