Possible causes related to historic stock depletion of the totoaba, Totoaba macdonaldi (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), endemic to the Gulf of California

Fisheries Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 136-142

  Lercari, Diego ^a   Chávez, Ernesto A ^b  

^a Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Gulf of California; PDOI; Totoaba macdonaldi

Indexed keywords

PERCIFORMES; SCIAENIDAE; TOTOABA; TOTOABA MACDONALDI;

EID: 34547809871     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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