Increase in growth rates of southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) over four decades: 1960 to 2000

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-322

  Polacheck, Tom ^a   Eveson, J Paige ^a   Laslett, Geoff M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; PERCIFORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PERCIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS MACCOYII; THUNNUS THYNNUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942564631     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-005     Document Type: Article

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