Largemouth bass fishery responses to length limits

Fisheries

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 14-23

  Wilde, Gene R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0031156378     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(1997)022<0014:LBFRTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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