Biology and stock assessment of the Sparids, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus and Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775), in the Southern Arabian Gulf

Fisheries Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-20

  Grandcourt, E M ^a   Al Abdessalaam, T Z ^a   Francis, F ^a   Al Shamsi, A T ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Age; Demography; Growth; Mortality; Reproduction; Trap fisheries

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; OTOLITH; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ACANTHOPAGRUS; ARGYROPS SPINIFER;

EID: 3343009828     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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