The Macrobrachium fishery of the Cross River estuary, Nigeria

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Enin, Udeme I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH STATISTICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SHRIMP FISHERY;

NIGERIA;

CARIDINA AFRICANA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS NOTIALIS; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM MACROBRACHION; MACROBRACHIUM VOLLENHOVENII; PENAEUS;

EID: 0032460665     PISSN: 09441921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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