Stock identification of Gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, along the southeast coast of the United States

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-146

  Chapman, Robert W ^a   Sedberry, George R ^a   Koenig, Christopher C ^b   Eleby, Brandon M ^a  

^a MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gag grouper; Inbreeding; Mycteroperca microlepis; Population decline; Sex ratio; Stock identification

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

FISHERY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEX RATIO; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

UNITED STATES;

MICROLEPIS; MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 0032805253     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011761     Document Type: Article

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