Vital demographic statistics and management of the baldchin groper (Choerodon rubescens) from the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 485-496

  Nardi, Kim ^a,b   Newman, Stephen J ^a   Moran, Michael J ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^c  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Age validation; Growth; Mortality; Reproduction; Sectioned otoliths

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; OTOLITH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HOUTMAN ABROLHOS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHOERODON RUBESCENS;

EID: 33746238774     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05187     Document Type: Article

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