Evaluating the potential effectiveness of harvest restrictions on riverine sunfish populations in Georgia, USA

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-178

  Sammons, S M ^a   Maceina, M J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Length limits; Lepomis; Mortality; Rivers

Indexed keywords

FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MODELING; MORTALITY; RIVER;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS AURITUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS;

EID: 43449087675     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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