Gag grouper, marine reserves, and density-dependent sex change in the Gulf of Mexico

Fisheries Research

Volumn 115-116, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-98

  Ellis, Robert D ^a,b   Powers, Joseph E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Gulf of Mexico; Marine reserves; Modeling; Protogyny

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELINAE;

EID: 84855744934     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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