Age-specific demographic parameters, and their implications for management of the red bass, Lutjanus bohar (Forsskal 1775): A large, long-lived reef fish

Fisheries Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 204-215

  Marriott, R J ^a   Mapstone, B D ^b   Begg, G A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Great Barrier Reef; Growth; Lutjanus bohar; Maturity; Red bass; Reproduction; Tropical reef fish; Two spot red snapper

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE STRUCTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIZE AT MATURITY; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS BOHAR;

EID: 33845898475     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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