Small-scale spatial variation in the population structure of vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) from the northeast Gulf of Mexico

Fisheries Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 88-99

  Allman, Robert J ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Demographic parameters; Mortality; Otoliths; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS;

EID: 35748981508     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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