Detecting fish population responses to a minimum length limit: Effects of variable recruitment and duration of evaluation

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 672-682

  Allen, Micheal S ^a   Pine, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0034450996     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2000)020<0672:DFPRTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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