Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) demographic structure in the northern Gulf of Mexico based on spatial patterns in growth rates and morphometrics

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 593-603

  Fischer, Andrew J ^a   Baker Jr , M Scott ^a   Wilson, Charles A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7244232768     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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