Species compositions of elasmobranchs caught by three different commercial fishing methods off southwestern Australia, and biological data for four abundant bycatch species

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-381

  Jones, Ashlee A ^a   Hall, Norman G ^a   Ian, C Potter ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

APTYCHOTREMA VINCENTIANA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELASMOBRANCHII; HETERODONTUS PORTUSJACKSONI; MYLIOBATIS AUSTRALIS; PECTINIDAE; SQUATINA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 78049470761     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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