Catchability: A key parameter for fish stock assessment

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-242

  Arreguín Sánchez, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHABILITY; FISHERY; FISHERY BIOLOGY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EPINEPHELUS MORIO; SARDINOPS CAERULEUS;

EID: 0029961443     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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