Differential catchability of male and female European spiny lobster Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) in traps and trammelnets

Fisheries Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 295-307

  Goñi, Raquel ^a   Quetglas, Antoni ^a   Reñones, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catchability; Marine reserve; Palinurus elephas; Spiny lobster; Trammelnets; Traps; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CATCHABILITY; LOBSTER; SEX RATIO; SIZE STRUCTURE; TRAPPING;

CASTELLON; COLUMBRETES; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ELEPHAS; LOBSTER; PALINURUS; PALINURUS ELEPHAS; PALINURUS VULGARIS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS;

EID: 0142113738     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2003.09.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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