Fishing and natural mortality of bluegills and redear sunfish at Lake Panasoffkee, Florida: Implications for size limits

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-51

  Crawford, Steve ^a   Allen, M S ^b  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CATCH COMPOSITION; EXPLOITATION; FISH; FISHING; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECORD; SIMULATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE PANASOFFKEE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS;

EID: 33749162297     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-109.1     Document Type: Article

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