Otolith-fish size relationship in juvenile gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) of the eastern Gulf of Mexico: A comparison of growth rates between laboratory and field populations

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 255-265

  Strelcheck, Andrew J ^a,c   Fitzhugh, Gary R ^b   Coleman, Felicia C ^a   Koenig, Christopher C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gag; Grouper; Mycteroperca microlepis; Otolith growth; Otolith size fish size relationship; Somatic growth

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISHERY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH;

GULF OF MEXICO;

MICROLEPIS; MYCTEROPERCA; MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS;

EID: 0037314145     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00171-6     Document Type: Article

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