The impact of oyster dredging on the growth of blue cod, Parapercis colias, in Foveaux Strait, New Zealand

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-504

  Carbines, Glen ^a   Jiang, Weimin ^b   Beentjes, Michael P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blue cod; Dredging; Essential fish habitat; Fishing impacts; Growth; Simple and complex habitat

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROWTH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

AUSTRALASIA; FOVEAUX STRAIT; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

COLIAS; GADUS MORHUA; OSTREIDAE; PARAPERCIS; PARAPERCIS COLIAS; PISCES;

EID: 4944243947     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.608     Document Type: Article

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