The life history and stock separation of silver kob, Argyrosomus inodorus, in South African waters

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-67

  Griffiths, Marc H ^a,b  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGYROSOMUS INODORUS;

DISCRETE STOCKS; LIFE HISTORY; SILVER KOB; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030619632     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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