Age, growth, mortality, and reproduction of vermilion snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens, from the eastern Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 828-841

  Hood, Peter B ^a,b   Johnson, Andrea K ^c  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; GROWTH; SEA;

AGE; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; PERCIFORMES; RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032709930     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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