Modelling the recruitment of tiger prawns Penaeus esculentus and P. semisulcatus to nursery grounds in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia: Implications for assessing stock-recruitment relationships

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-68

  Condie, Scott A ^a   Loneragan, Neil R ^a   Die, David J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Larval advection; Penaeid; Postlarvae; Seagrass; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; MODELING; RECRUITMENT; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALIA;

CARPENTARIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS ESCULENTUS; PENAEUS MONODON; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS;

EID: 0033577252     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps178055     Document Type: Article

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