Growth and length-weight relationships of the striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax (Pisces: Istiophoridae), in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico;Crecimiento y relación peso longitud del marlin rayado, Tetrapturus audax (Pisces: Istioporidae), en Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, México

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-313

  Melo Barrera, Felipe Neri ^a   Félix Uraga, Roberto ^a   Quinónez Velázquez, Casimiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Age; Backcalculated length; Growth; Length weight relationship; Striped marlin

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; SPORT FISHING; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE; CABO SAN LUCAS; MEXICO;

ISTIOPHORIDAE; PISCES; TETRAPTURUS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX;

EID: 0141749229     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v29i3.155     Document Type: Article

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