Population biology and assessment of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822), in the southern Arabian Gulf

Fisheries Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 55-68

  Grandcourt, E M ^a   Al Abdessalaam, T Z ^a   Francis, F ^a   Al Shamsi, A T ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Age; Demography; Growth; Mortality; Reproduction; Trap fisheries

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; OTOLITH; OVERFISHING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PERSIAN GULF; WORLD;

EPINEPHELUS ANALOGUS; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES;

EID: 20444383541     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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