Growth and mortality of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus (Scombridae) in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-137

  Zhu, Guoping ^a   Zhou, Yingqi ^a   Xu, Liuxiong ^a   Dai, Xiaojie ^a  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bigeye tuna; Eastern Pacific Ocean; Growth; Mortality; Size frequency analysis; Thunnus obesus

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GROWTH RATE; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 67349264567     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-009-9471-x     Document Type: Article

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