Colour variation in the southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii and its economic impact on the commercial industry

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Chandrapavan, Arani ^a,d   Gardner, Caleb ^a   Linnane, Adrian ^b   Hobday, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

^d WA Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch North Beach   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Price discounting; Quota management; Spatial colour variation; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LOBSTER FISHERY; MARKETING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SHELL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUNEPHROPS BAIRDII; JASUS EDWARDSII; JASUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; LOBSTER;

EID: 67649126768     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909510020     Document Type: Article

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