A century of fishing and fish fluctuations in Narragansett Bay

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-242

  Oviatt, Candace ^a   Olsen, Steven ^a   Andrews, Mark ^a   Collie, Jeremy ^a   Lynch, Timothy ^b   Raposa, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b RI Dept of Environmental Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Fishing; Fluctuations; Narragansett Bay

Indexed keywords

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER; OSTREIDAE; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS;

EID: 2042525198     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260390244413     Document Type: Review

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