Growth rate of adult rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii increased through translocation

Fisheries Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-247

  Chandrapavan, Arani ^a   Gardner, Caleb ^a   Green, Bridget S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Jasus edwardsii; Spatial management; Tasmanian rock lobster fishery; Translocation

Indexed keywords

JASUS EDWARDSII; JASUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; LOBSTER;

EID: 77955330349     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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