Fisheries and trade of seahorses, Hippocampus spp., in southern India

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Salin, K R ^a,c   Yohannan, T M ^a   Mohanakumaran Nair, C ^b  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Department of Fish Processing Technology and Microbiology   (India)

^c Natures Way Hydrofauna ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fishery; Hippocampus; India; Seahorses; Trade

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; MUREX; POACEAE;

EID: 27744556510     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2005.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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