Age, growth, and temporal change in size at age of the vermilion snapper from the south atlantic bight

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-193

  Boxian, Zhao ^a   McGovern, John C ^a   Harris, Patrick J ^a  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; LENGTH-AT-AGE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REEF FISH; SIZE-AT-AGE; VERMILION SNAPPER; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC; SOUTH ALTANTIC BIGHT;

RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS;

EID: 0030863711     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0181:AGATCI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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