Translocation as a strategy to rehabilitate the queen conch (Strombus gigas) population in the Florida Keys

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-288

  Delgado, Gabriel A ^a   Bartels, Claudine T ^a   Glazer, Robert A ^a   Brown Peterson, Nancy J ^b   McCarthy, Kevin J ^c  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OVERFISHING; RECOVERY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; STROMBIDAE; STROMBUS; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 2342438202     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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