Spatial patterns in cohort-specific mortality of red throat emperor, Lethrinus miniatus, on the Great Barrier Reef

Fisheries Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-337

  Williams, A J ^a   Mapstone, B D ^b   Davies, C R ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort specific mortality; Lethrinidae; Natural mortality; Red throat emperor; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

LETHRINIDAE; LETHRINUS LATICAUDIS; LETHRINUS MINIATUS;

EID: 33947259578     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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