A simple method for estimating growth parameters from multiple length- frequency data in presence of continuous recruitment

Fisheries Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Wang, You Gan ^a   Somers, Ian F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Length frequency; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DETERMINATION; LENGTH-FREQUENCY DATA; RECRUITMENT; TIGER PRAWN;

AUSTRALIA, GULF OF CARPENTARIA;

DECAPODA; PENAEUS ESCULENTUS;

EID: 0030218063     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(96)00484-5     Document Type: Article

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