Sex-specific growth and mortality, spawning season, and female maturation of the stripey bass (Lutjanus carponotatus) on the Great Barrier Reef

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-107

  Kritzer, Jacob P ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MATURATION; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; GONIOPLECTRUS HISPANUS; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS CARPONOTATUS; MICROCANTHUS STRIGATUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542319772     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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