Importance of the Straits of Florida spawning ground to Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 402-418

  Richardson, David E ^a,c   Cowen, Robert K ^a   Prince, Eric D ^b   Sponaugle, Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Billfish; Egg production; Fisheries independent index; Larval growth; Larval mortality; Migratory bottleneck; Pop up satellite archival tag

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; EGG PRODUCTION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING GROUND; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 70349921470     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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