Analysis of sportfishing catch rates of striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, and their relation to sea surface temperature

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-488

  Ortega García, Sofía ^a   Klett Traulsen, Alexander ^b   Ponce Díaz, German ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCH STATISTICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT FISHING;

MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

TETRAPTURUS AUDAX;

EID: 0141450356     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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