Consideration of uncertainty in stock assessment of Atlantic menhaden

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2002, Issue 27, 2002, Pages 83-112

  Vaughan, D S ^a   Prager, M H ^a   Smith, J W ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

EID: 0011630425     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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