Sex ratio, and probability of sexual maturity of females at size, of the blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus Linneaus, off southern Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 271-282

  Xiao, Yongshun ^a   Kumar, Martin ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crabs; Generalized linear models; Sex ratio; Sexual maturity at size; Standard errors

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CRAB FISHERY; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; INDIAN OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MARTES; PHTHIRAPTERA; PORTUNUS; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 2642570321     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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