Age, growth and the potential for growth overfishing of spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) from the Chesapeake Bay, eastern USA

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 553-560

  Piner, Kevin R ^a,b   Jones, Cynthia M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality rates; Otolith validation; Yield per recruit

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; OTOLITH; OVERFISHING; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5044237514     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04038     Document Type: Article

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