Biology and assessment of the painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)) and the spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)) in the southern Arabian Gulf

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-88

  Grandcourt, Edwin M ^a   Al Abdessalaam, Thabit Z ^a   Al Shamsi, Ahmed T ^a   Francis, Franklin ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISH BIOLOGY; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING MORTALITY; MESH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

DIAGRAMMA PICTUM; LETHRINUS NEBULOSUS;

EID: 33644692257     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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