Assessing age-0 year-class strength of fast-growing largemouth bass in a tropical reservoir

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-170

  Ozen, Ozcan ^a,b   Noble, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ELECTROFISHING; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUCCHETTI RESERVOIR; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 15944406052     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-036.1     Document Type: Article

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