A practical field technique for the assessment of spiny lobster resources of tropical islands

Fisheries Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 149-169

  Evans, Christopher R ^a,b   Evans, Arthur J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Fish and Marine Resources   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Dorset Nat Rsrc Environ Consult   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Capture recapture; Catchability; Panulirus spp.; Population density

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; FIELD TECHNIQUE; FISHERY RESOURCES; POPULATION DENSITY;

BERMUDA;

EID: 0029729117     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(95)00391-6     Document Type: Article

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