Growth rate, age determination, natural mortality and production potential of the scarlet seaperch, Lutjanus malabaricus Schneider 1801, off the Pilbara coast of north-western Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-225

  Newman, Stephen J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Age; Fisheries management; Growth; Limit reference point; Lutjanidae; Natural mortality; Otolith weight; Production potential; Sectioned otoliths

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; OTOLITH;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS MALABARICUS;

EID: 0036838029     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00367-8     Document Type: Article

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