Comparison of reef fish catch per unit effort and total mortality between the 1970s and 2005-2006 in Onslow Bay, North Carolina

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1389-1405

  Rudershausen, Paul J ^a   Williams, Erik H ^b   Buckel, Jeffrey A ^a   Potts, Jennifer C ^b   Manooch III, Charles S ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; REEF; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; ONSLOW BAY; UNITED STATES;

BALISTES CAPRISCUS; CAULOLATILUS MICROPS; CENTROPRISTIS; CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS; CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA; EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI; EPINEPHELUS MORIO; EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS; EPINEPHELUS NIVEATUS; HAEMULON PLUMIERI; HAEMULON PLUMIERII; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; LUTJANUS VIVANUS; MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS; PAGRUS PAGRUS; PISCES; RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS;

EID: 57349141448     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-159.1     Document Type: Article

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