Age-based demography and reproduction of hapuku, Polyprion oxygeneios, from the south coast of Western Australia: Implications for management

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1164-1174

  Wakefield, Corey B ^a   Newman, Stephen J ^a   Molony, Brett W ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

age; growth; hapuku; mortality; Polyprion oxygeneios; reproduction; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CATCHABILITY; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH RATE; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

POLYPRION OXYGENEIOS;

EID: 77955905046     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq021     Document Type: Article

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