Mortality rate of a cohort of the coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus, in zones of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park closed to fishing

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 507-511

  Russ, Carry R ^a   Lou, Dong C ^a   Higgs, James B ^a   Ferreira, Beatrice P ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FISH; MORTALITY;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; LEOPARDUS; PERCIFORMES; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0032457959     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97224     Document Type: Article

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