Distribution, abundance, and age structure of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) caught on research longlines in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-172

  Mitchell, Karen M ^a   Henwood, Terry ^a   Fitzhugh, Gary R ^b   Allman, Robert J ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISH; LONGLINING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS;

EID: 14944374040     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2202.04     Document Type: Article

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