Growth, age validation, mortality, and other population characteristics of the red emperor snapper, Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1828), off the Kimberley coast of north-western Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-80

  Newman, S J ^a   Dunk, I J ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Fisheries management; Growth; Lutjanidae; Optimum fishing mortality; Otoliths; Production potential

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH RATE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS SEBAE;

EID: 0036661682     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0887     Document Type: Article

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