Standardized visual counts of goliath grouper off South Florida and their possible use as Indices of abundance

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-163

  Porch, Clay E ^a   Eklund, Anne Marie ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ABUNDANCE INDEX; FISH; SURVEY DESIGN; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA;

EID: 14944356415     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2202.03     Document Type: Article

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