Rapid decline of Nassau grouper spawning aggregations in Belize: Fishery management and conservation needs

Fisheries

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 23-30

  Sala, Enric ^a   Ballesteros, Enric ^b   Starr, Richard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ctr for Adv Studs of the Span R   (Spain)

^c Extension Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS STRIATUS; MARTES; PISCES;

EID: 0035486317     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2001)026<0023:RDONGS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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