Population dynamics of Metapenaeus dobsoni from the western coastal waters of Sri Lanka

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-189

  Jayawardane, P A A T ^a   McLusky, D S ^b   Tytler, P ^b  

^a NARA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch rates; Growth rate; Metapenaeus dobsoni; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SHRIMP FISHERY;

INDIAN OCEAN; SRI LANKA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); METAPENAEUS; METAPENAEUS DOBSONI; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 0038757740     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.2003.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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