Growth, episodic recruitment and age truncation in populations of a catadromous percichthyid, macquaria colonorum

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-407

  Walsh, Chris T ^a,b   Gray, Charles A ^b   West, Ron J ^b   Van Der Meulen, Dylan E ^a   Williams, Lindsay F G ^c  

^a Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age validation; Catadromous; Longevity; Maximum legal length

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISHING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; LONGEVITY; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

AUSTRALIA;

MACQUARIA COLONORUM; MORONIDAE; PERCICHTHYIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 77951782653     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09080     Document Type: Article

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