Stock structure of blue threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum across northern Australia, as indicated by parasites

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 923-936

  Moore, B R ^a,b   Stapley, J ^c   Allsop, Q ^d   Newman, S J ^e   Ballagh, A ^a   Welch, D J ^a,f   Lester, R J G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^d Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

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

^f DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological tags; Fisheries management; Stock structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PERCIFORMES;

ANISAKIS; CALLITETRARHYNCHUS GRACILIS; CESTODA; ELEUTHEONEMA TETRADACTYLUM; NEMATODA; NYBELINIA; OTOBOTHRIUM; POLYNEMIDAE; POMPHORHYNCHUS; PTEROBOTHRIUM; TERRANOVA;

EID: 79952230976     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02917.x     Document Type: Article

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