Habitat and bycatch effects on population parameters of inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens) in the north central Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-426

  Jeffers, Sarah A ^a   Patterson III, William F ^a   Cowan Jr , James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES; SYNODUS FOETENS;

EID: 55049138384     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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