Aggregation dynamics in penaeid fisheries: Banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis) in the Australian Northern Prawn Fishery

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 667-675

  Die, David J ^a   Ellis, Nick ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CATCHABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARAFURA SEA;

ANIMALIA; CARPENTARIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS; PENAEUS MERGUIENSIS;

EID: 0032848346     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98124     Document Type: Article

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