Fish age determined from length: An evaluation of three methods using simulated red snapper data

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-46

  Goodyear, C Phillip ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BODY LENGTH; LENGTH SAMPLES; METHOD EVALUATION; METHODS; RED SNAPPER; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS;

EID: 0030619633     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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