Juvenile length-at-age data reveal that spanner crabs (Ranina ranina) grow slowly

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-339

  Kirkwood, J M ^a   Brown, I W ^a   Gaddes, S W ^a,b   Hoyle, S ^a,c  

^a Southern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

BRACHYURAN; RANINA RANINA;

EID: 20944437130     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1574-0     Document Type: Article

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