Evidence of age-class truncation in some exploited marine fish populations in New South Wales, Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Stewart, John ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age truncation; No take marine reserves; Temperate reef

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251600219     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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