Quantitative assessment of a white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) stock enhancement program in California: Post-release dispersal, growth and survival

Fisheries Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-243

  Hervas, Susana ^a   Lorenzen, Kai ^a   Shane, Michael A ^b   Drawbridge, Mark A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Growth; Model; Stock enhancement; Survival; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

ATRACTOSCION NOBILIS;

EID: 77955324358     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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