What can we learn about mortality from sex ratio data? A look at lumpfish in Newfoundland

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 754-761

  Hoenig, John M ^a   Hewitt, David A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; SEX RATIO;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CYCLOPTERUS LUMPUS;

EID: 20444454235     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-125.1     Document Type: Article

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